Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Archaeologists have spent years puzzling over evidence of severed head rituals among Iron Age communities in the northeast Iberian Peninsula. Multiple groups of the…
Scientists at the University of Cambridge, working with international collaborators, have identified a crucial process that shapes how DNA behaves as it moves through nanoscale pores. This process is fundamental to many biological activities and to fast-growing DNA sensing technologies….
At this point, you can find discounts on AirTags fairly often but if you want to spend as little as possible, it’s worth waiting for a discount like this. A four-pack of the first-gen Bluetooth trackers is on sale for…
Live Nation executives have reportedly sidestepped the Justice Department’s antitrust division to negotiate directly with more sympathetic senior officials in the hopes of avoiding a monopoly trial. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” Semafor reports that some talks have excluded…
Just in time to create a new Super Bowl ad, Crypto.com founder Kris Marszalek has made the priciest domain purchase in history, buying AI.com for $70 million, according to the Financial Times. The deal, paid entirely in cryptocurrency to an…
Jim Lockhart, from Boston: Did you travel to get here today? Yeah, we came in early on Friday morning. Planes, trains, and automobiles from Logan Airport. And where are you staying? The Intercontinental, right in San Fran, downtown. Beautiful. I’m…
A site on Isbjørne Island where Palaeo-Inuit people erected a circular tent Matthew Walls, Mari Kleist, Pauline Knudsen Humans were voyaging to remote islands off the north-west coast of Greenland 4500 years ago. This required them to cross over 50…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. For the world’s smallest sea turtles, life in the ocean is getting pretty noisy. These relatively little turtles (on average they’re still 75 to…
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological condition that affects more than 1 million people in the United States and over 10 million worldwide. The disease causes a wide range of debilitating symptoms, including tremors, difficulty with movement, sleep problems, and…
The 2026 Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will air on NBC today, Feb. 8, at 6:30PM ET/3:30PM PT. The Big Game is also streaming live on Peacock. If you no longer subscribe to cable,…
Roblox has launched a feature powered by AI that can rephrase inappropriate language in real time. The online game has been using AI filters to block out any language that goes against its policy for a while now, but it…
The Las Vegas Raiders are expected to release quarterback Geno Smith as the new league year starts, clearing roughly $8 million in salary cap space but leaving an $18.5 million dead cap hit as well. He’ll be replaced by Heisman…
KYIV, Ukraine — As the war in the Middle East strains U.S. missile stocks, Ukraine is hoping it can turn a wartime innovation – low-cost interceptors designed to shoot down Russian attack drones – into geopolitical leverage. Now one of…
