An oil lamp found in Lascaux cave in France Sémhur CC BY-SA 4.0 This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. In the prehistoric…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. High above Big Bear Lake in southern California, a pair of eaglets’ eyesight is coming into focus. Sandy and Luna, the 2026 chicks of…
A growing body of research is pointing to fructose as more than just a source of extra calories. A new report published in Nature Metabolism highlights the sugar’s unique role in metabolic disease and suggests its effects on the body…
With today’s release of iOS 26.5, Apple has begun rolling out beta support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging. As with all things RCS, there are some basic requirements both you and the recipient of your messages…
Apple now lets you have encrypted RCS conversations with Android users through the Messages app on iOS. As part of iOS 26.5, which was released on Monday, Apple added support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging in beta, meaning that Apple…
Redwood Materials has finally found a new chief financial officer roughly a year and a half after its last one departed. He’s a familiar face to the former Tesla executives running the battery recycling and energy storage company. On Monday,…
Starting today, eager customers of the US pizza restaurant chain Papa Johns living in one corner of southern North Carolina will have the opportunity to receive their food from the sky, thanks to a new collaboration with Alphabet’s drone company,…
Slow breathing can calm the mind without thinking about it – but conscious breathwork probably helps Rahul Sapra/Alamy You don’t need to be a scientist to know that taking slow, deep breaths will calm you down. What’s less easy to…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Sciatica afflicts millions of people each year—though not as many people as think they have it. A growing catchall term among the undiagnosed for…
Naked mole rats are not much to look at, but their biology has made them one of the most fascinating animals in aging research. These small, wrinkled rodents can live for decades, rarely develop cancer, and seem unusually protected from…
During the 25-minute women’s draw ceremony at the All England Club, the wait for the appearance of one name – and its placing – brought a sense of anticipation like none of the other 127. Williams popped up midway through…
Gold (GC=F) August futures opened at $4,019 per troy ounce on Thursday, June 25, 2026, up 0.3% from Wednesday’s close of $4,008.80. The price of gold moved lower this morning, trading at $3,992.80 as of 7:27 a.m. ET. Two weeks…
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani barreled into City Hall vowing to tackle the city’s notoriously high cost of living, partly by fulfilling a campaign promise repeated with almost monomaniacal zeal in social media ads, speeches and…
