4+ hour, 5+ min ago  (465+ words) Andrew Paul is Popular Science's staff writer focused primarily on tech, AI, physics, and culture news. He was previously a regular contributor to The A.V. Club and Input, and has been featured by Rolling Stone, Fangoria, GQ, Slate, NBC, McSweeney's Internet…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (255+ words) Published Dec 16, 2025 11:07 AM EST According to the study's authors, the rate at which they use carbon shows the impressive efficiency of" these microbial mats, taking the dissolved carbon out of their environment and moving it off into a stable mineral…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1201+ words) Published Nov 21, 2025 9:00 AM EST It's a dark and stormy night and you've suddenly found yourself swept off of your wooden vessel into the wild Atlantic Ocean. It's 1893, so your woolen clothes are pulling you down to Davy Jones' locker. What…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (202+ words) Published Nov 4, 2025 2:00 PM EST The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) recently broke up an alleged illegal poaching front in Los Angeles County. According to the department, thousands of elephant ivory pieces along with multiple "large, intricately carved tusks,…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (354+ words) Published Oct 28, 2025 12:00 PM EDT Rhinoceroses have been around for over 40 million years and have been found on all continents except South America and Antarctica. This recently discovered Arctic rhino lived about 23 million years ago, during the Early Miocene. It is…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (308+ words) Published Sep 17, 2025 10:56 AM EDT What made the incident even more striking was that most of Audubon Zoo's sleepy lizards were bred in captivity, implying the reaction was an innate response instead of learned behavior. Since then, multiple studies have explored…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (544+ words) Published Sep 16, 2025 1:57 PM EDT Credit: Jeff J. Mitchell / Getty Images But according to "Toss Master" Kyle Matthews, judges soon heard, "rumors and murmurings of some nefarious deeds." He also added to BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland that "there was a bit…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (568+ words) The very misunderstood birds are a critical part of the ecosystem. The post 11 majestic photos of vultures for International Vulture Awareness Day appeared first on Popular Science. The size, power, and unique colors of these powerful birds are showcased below....

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (165+ words) Published Aug 8, 2025 12:11 PM EDT "My dive buddy, Evan Olinger, and I were taking width measurements of Wharf Four to help delineate the site," he explained in ECU's announcement. "The visibility is consistently pretty low in the Cape Fear River. Evan…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (332+ words) Published Aug 5, 2025 10:00 AM EDT In 2015 alone, 1,349 rhinos were poached in Africa. In the years since, those numbers have decreased, but at least one rhinoceros is still killed every day. To tackle this problem, a group of researchers has come up…...