As US teachers discover more and more legacy chemicals in schools, funding for cleanup is hard to find. Educators, nonprofits ...

Scientists at Fermilab’s MicroBooNE experiment have ruled out the existence of the elusive sterile neutrino, a particle proposed for decades to explain puzzling neutrino behavior. Their high-precision ...

Microbes are little alchemists that perform all manner of chemical reactions. A team of microbiologists co-founded a ...

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

Smart people sometimes have a weird way of thinking, but there are several things brilliant people usually do at home that ...

Many of us rang in the New Year by partying hard, staying in, or simply taking a well-deserved break. Now that 2026 is ...

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A new AI developed at Duke University can uncover simple, readable rules behind extremely complex systems. It studies how systems evolve over time and reduces thousands of variables into compact ...

These 3D-printed skulls are made with PLA (Polylactic acid) filament. Shawn Sanchez and Dan Smith. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...

Bunting has been a standard decoration for hundreds of years. The term originally referred to the wool fabric produced in British textile factories during the 17th century, and swatches of it were ...

Learn how to create a simple DIY electrical generator using a few easy-to-find materials. This step-by-step video guides you through making a homemade generator, including winding a copper coil, ...

J.J. McCarthy's second-biggest problem might be that he couldn't develop at a reasonable pace. McCarthy took over the quarterback role for a Vikings team that was 14-3 last season and had a good ...