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Hiker stumbles on 6th century gold sword scabbard under fallen tree

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A hiker who paused to examine an old, uprooted tree found something much rarer than roots during a recent walk in the hills of…

New “Trojan horse” obesity drug supercharges weight loss in early tests

Researchers led by metabolism expert Prof Timo D. Müller at Helmholtz Munich have developed a new strategy to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes. Their approach uses a specially designed hybrid molecule that takes advantage of the well-known GLP-1/GIP signalling…

Angry Birds And FIFA International Soccer Join The World Video Game Hall Of Fame

The Strong The Strong National Museum of Play has announced this year’s World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees and, as ever, they’re all worthy additions. Angry Birds, Silent Hill, Dragon Quest…

Nintendo announces a new Star Fox for the Switch 2

It turns out Fox McCloud’s appearance in the Super Mario Galaxy Movie was a tease of things to come: Nintendo just surprise announced the first new Star Fox game in a decade. The game is called, simply, Star Fox, and…

Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming off

Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills, where they talked with this editor about everything from chip shortages to orbital data centers to…

Everyone Should Travel With a Pair of Cheap Wired Headphones (2026)

Summer is right around the corner. We’re headed out on adventures and bringing our stuff with us. Here are all the tech and tips that WIRED Reviews recommends for your travels. I did it. I caved and did something completely…

Dating over 50 is probably on the rise – but we know little about it

Research on love has largely neglected romance in later life Alejandro Munoz/Alamy We know almost nothing about how dating differs for older adults compared with earlier in life, a scientific conference on love has heard. But despite a lack of…

Magic mushrooms make mean fish lazier and more chill

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Psilocybin is the psychoactive compound that puts the “magic” in magic mushrooms. Ingest enough of a fungus like Psilocybe cubensis, and users are liable…

Scientists reverse diabetes in mice with lab-grown insulin cells

Scientists in Sweden have developed a more reliable way to create insulin-producing cells from human stem cells, bringing new momentum to efforts to treat type 1 diabetes. The research, published in Stem Cell Reports, shows that these lab-grown cells can…

A Star Fox Remake Is Heading To Switch 2 On June 25

Nintendo Nintendo held a last-minute Star Fox Direct live stream on May 6 to reveal Star Fox, a remake of the N64 classic coming exclusively to the Nintendo Switch 2. It’s due to…