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These $500 Windows Laptops Show the MacBook Neo’s Competition

Today, Apple announced its new budget MacBook. At $599, it looks seriously impressive. While I haven’t tested its performance, battery life, or display just yet, it may end up being hard to beat at that price based on some of…

The secret of how cats twist in mid-air to land on their feet

Falling cats seem to twist the front half of their body first Evolve/Photoshot/ZUMAPRE​SS/Alamy When falling cats turn themselves the right way up before they hit the ground, they have a secret trick: a region of their spine that is exceptional…

Rice cheese may be the next big thing

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. There are a lot of non-dairy and vegan cheese alternatives on the market today. But while the tastes and textures of many of them…

Millions with joint pain and osteoarthritis are missing the most powerful treatment

Stiff knees, sore hips, and persistent joint pain are often brushed off as normal signs of aging. But osteoarthritis, the most common joint disease worldwide, is not being treated in line with what research actually shows. Experts say the biggest…

LG reveals pricing for its 2026 OLED TVs

Now for the news you’ve been waiting with bated breath for: LG’s 2026 TVs from CES finally have prices. (Well, some of them do, anyway.) Surprisingly, the evo G6 and C6 series OLED TVs aren’t increasing in cost from last…

Google’s AI-powered workspace is now available to more users in Search

Google is bringing Canvas to everyone in the US using AI Mode in Search. The feature opens up a dedicated workspace within its AI-powered search tool, allowing it to use the latest information from Search to organize plans, develop tools,…

The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing

The aftermath of Anthropic’s dispute with the Department of Defense has left the company in an awkward place — being both actively in use as part of the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran and decoupling from many of…

How Federal Agencies Got Caught Up in Trump’s Anti-Immigration Crusade

President Donald Trump’s administration has made immigration the centerpiece of its policy agenda. Across the government, agencies have been asked to find new offices for immigration authorities, share sensitive data on immigrants, and help push immigrants off of government services….

Claude AI: Why are there so many internet outages?

Anthropic’s Claude chatbot recently had service troubles Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto/Shutterstock This week, AI chatbot Claude went down, leaving users unable to access the service via its maker Anthropic’s website, but barely a week goes by without a similar incident at a…

Our love of crystals goes back at least 6 million years

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Primates of all stripes really love their crystals. Archeologists have found the shiny rocks at dig sites dating back as long as 780,000 years…