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When Rebecca Lindsey was fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last February, the first thing she did was stew. Then she worried about what was going to happen ...

When paleoanthropologists announced the discovery of Homo floresiensis on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, the tiny, small-brained species quickly earned a reputation as an evolutionary surprise. The extinct ...

The researchers created their university’s logo with Fourier pixels. Image: Glauser, Vonk, et al., Nature 2026   Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six ...

NASA publicly unveiled its X-59 supersonic aircraft in 2025. Credit: NASA / Lori Losey Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. ...

A Waymo vehicle navigates the streets of Nashville, Tennessee, on May 1, 2026. Image: Camden Hall/NurPhoto via Getty Images   Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY ...

Paleontologists have identified a new species of meiolaniform turtle from northern Patagonia, Argentina, that lived during the Maastrichtian age, just before the asteroid-triggered mass extinction that wiped out all non-avian ...

Can science fiction shape future reality? Some people think so. Take the retired military officers who have actually credited novels such as Doctor Strangelove, Fail-Safe, On the Beach, and War ...

If bamboo appears unexpectedly in your yard, don't panic. Image: Kilito Chan / Getty Images Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a ...

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) go deep. They can dive 1,300 to 4,000 feet-deep and ...

March 27, 2026 3 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm There’s a glaring hole in the president’s new science and tech council By Dan Garisto & Nature magazine ...