Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A tiny, bright blue octopus Microeledone galapagensis is small enough to fit inside the palm of your hand, but good luck trying to meet…
The Galápagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador are famous for animals found nowhere else on Earth, including giant tortoises and marine iguanas. Now, scientists have added another remarkable creature to that list: a tiny blue octopus newly identified in…
Spiders? Skeletons? Bad omens? My kind of party. khvoshch I almost don’t want to call Meshchera a match-three game because I fear that kind of undersells how captivating it is. But, it is a game you play within…
Hiking is one of life’s great joys. Turning off the screens and stepping out into nature for an extended period of time, perhaps even several days, is rejuvenating. Unfortunately, as someone with two young kids and a bad back, I’m…
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Francis de Souza, COO of Google Cloud, backstage at an event in Los Angeles. Amid the din around us, de Souza, who speaks in the calm, measured manner of a university…
When you think of Memorial Day sales, you probably think of mattresses and other home goods. And while those items are definitely discounted, now is also a good time to purchase tech. Personally, I’m not buying anything right now unless…
Imagine regularly waking up exhausted, not because you didn’t sleep, but because you seemingly spent the entire night immersed in incessant dreams. For people who experience such “epic dreaming”, the effects can be severe, often impacting their work and day-to-day…
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Smoothies are one of the easiest ways to pack more fruit into your day. Toss in a banana, add some berries, blend, and you have what looks like a perfectly healthy drink. But research from the University of California, Davis…
You gotta pump up those download numbers somehow. Lucky-photographer/Getty Images The Trump administration is planning to automatically install its White House app on government employees’ work phones, according to a report from Government Executive. The report detailed that at…
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) is one of the fastest-growing high-bandwidth memory stocks to buy. The company added a memory-focused AI infrastructure angle on June 15, 2026, when it acquired MEXT, a startup developing AI-driven memory optimization technology. AMD said…
One last ride with the Jackass crew. Paramount Pictures held it’s premiere for “Jackass: Best and Last” on June 24 in Los Angeles. Pedro Pascal, Paris Jackson, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, and more were in attendance. Scroll through to see all…
The Indiana Fever suffered a massive lineup blow, as Caitlin Clark left Wednesday’s game against the Phoenix Mercury with a back injury that she appeared to sustain during the second period. After drawing a foul from Mercury forward Valeriane Ayayi…
