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A 3D-printed wheelchair is helping this turtle walk again

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A Gulf Coast box turtle named Moses, missing both of its back legs, is getting a second chance at mobility thanks to a caring…

Ocean temperatures may be protecting Earth from a planet-wide drought

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN), working with international collaborators, have discovered that ocean temperature patterns play a key role in limiting how widely droughts spread across the globe. Their findings, published in Communications Earth & Environment,…

Google reportedly muzzles Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney until 2032

Epic Games’ courtroom battle with Google is over, but it’s reportedly going to affect how its CEO can speak about the tech giant for years for years to come. According to The Verge, part of the settlement terms Epic had…

Roblox is censoring chats with AI

Roblox is using AI to alter the content of chat messages on its platform in real time using a new feature rolling out today. Real-time chat rephrasing goes beyond the current filtering for banned language, which replaces certain words and…

Match Group COO out, as dating apps struggle to connect with Gen Z

Tinder-owner Match Group announced on Thursday that it will eliminate the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO), which means Hesam Hosseini will be out of a job after 18 years with the dating app giant. The move comes as the…

Best Gravel Running Shoes (2026): Salomon, Adidas, Nike

A fairly new brand, Mount to Coast’s running shoe line up currently consist of the T1 ($180), which is a full-on trail shoe, and the H1, a lower-lugged versatile road to trail shoe that definitely fits the gravel shoe mold….

What to read this week: Poisonous People by Leanne ten Brinke

How can we spot if someone is lying to us?  There are no easy tells Margarita Young/Alamy Poisonous PeopleLeanne ten BrinkeSimon & Schuster It seems only fitting that a book about dark personalities opens with the case study of a…

Moss helped nab notorious grave-robbers

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It may always be beneath our feet, but moss has intertwined with human history for thousands of years. Indigenous cultures often harvested the plants…

Scientists just looked inside Darwin’s 200-year-old specimen jars without opening them

Scientists have found a way to study Charles Darwin’s original specimens from his famous HMS Beagle voyage (1831 to 1836) to the Galapagos Islands. Even more remarkable, they were able to examine the samples without opening the nearly 200-year-old jars…

Big tech companies agree to not ruin your electric bill with AI data centers

Today the White House announced that several major players in tech and AI have agreed to steps that will keep electricity costs from rising due to data centers. Under this Ratepayer Protection Pledge, companies are agreeing to practices that are…