Your friends and neighbors are about to become bulk-buying, bargain-hunting machines.

There are a lot of fantastic smart home devices on the market now, but it's not always easy getting them to talk to one another and work in unison.

A Texas telecommunications startup launched its first five massive BlueBird communications satellites into orbit on September 12.

The pressure to show up to a job even when sick isnt just bad for workersits possibly bad for employers, too.

For small business owners, freelancers, or individual professionals, keeping software costs predictable is key.

In 2024, online conspiracy theories can feel almost impossible to avoid.

About 252 million years ago, extreme El Niño ocean warming events were a major driver of the largest mass extinction in our planets history .

Its extremely unlikely that a massive asteroid will strike Earth anytime soon.

If youve ever looked up at a mostly blue sky and seen straight white lines criss-crossing the horizon, or watched a plane puff out a plume as it passed above, you may have wondered, what causes that?

Paleontologists recently discovered a new extinct coelacanth species that highlights the role that Earths plate tectonics plays in evolution.

We love birds here at Popular Science , but they're naturally cautious regarding humans.

I may or may not have told off my boss and got myself fired a few months ago.

Polaris Dawn s crew members completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk on Thursday.

Survival isnt just about dodging zombiesits about being prepared for anything.

Beneath a blue sky, near poofs of white clouds, theres a microbial superhighway hidden in plain sight, a new study suggests.

Using DNA extracted from some roughly 45,000-year-old bones, scientists have found a new Neanderthal lineage that likely did not have a lot of interaction with others from its species.

If you want to get your nursery humidity under control, eliminating painfully dry air, you may need a humidifier for babies.

One of Japans largest railway companies wants fully self-driving bullet trains speeding through the country by the mid-2030s.

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Spacewalks are definitely one of humanitys coolest featsexploring outer space with nothing but a spacesuit to keep you safe from the cosmos.

Forget those wimpy Bluetooth speakers that barely fill a room.

You don't want to wait until you need a solar generator to buy one.

Back in 2013, billionaire Elon Musk laid out a vision of an underground hyperloop tunnel system capable of using magnetic fields to beam commuters from New York to DC in under 30 minutes.

Shoveling snow can be dangerous for anyone.

Amazon is investing substantial artificial intelligence computing power into its NFL Thursday Night Football broadcasts.

Apple forgot something huge when they designed the newest MacBooks.

Weve all been there: Sitting in class, writing up a report, or logged on to the virtual meeting and struggling to stay engaged.

After multiple technical and weather-related delays, the milestone Polaris Dawn mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 5:23 AM EST from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Tuesday.

While krill may be small to look at, these shrimp-like crustaceans play an outsized role in the global food web.

Some roughly 120-million-year-old seeds are telling a new story about what the Earths first birds ate.

Like clockwork, Apple introduced its latest smartphones and wearables at an event held at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif.

The worlds largest animals often get most of the spotlightbut some biologists argue the tiniest ones deserve just as much, if not even more, study.

Ford has a far-off vision of one day using holographic technology popularized in sci-fi to create digital representations of cops and guard dogs to deter would-be criminals.

Researchers are always looking for new ways to improve the agility, performance, and efficiency of walking robots .

Google continues to add new features and functionality to its Gemini AI chatbot on a regular basis, and one of the latest upgrades involves custom bots called Gems: These are like spin-offs of the main chatbot, which can have their own individual personality and purpose.

Some teenage Japanese eels have found a way to avoid becoming a fishs next meal.

*Drum roll please* This is the best MacBook deal weve ever offered.

Douglas Adams originally devoted just half a page to eulogizing Starship Titanic in the tenth chapter of Life, The Universe, and Everything .

Feel every punch in Mortal Kombat .

Weve never seen a wholesale club offer like this.

People have been pickling for more than 4,000 years , making it one of the oldest methods of food preservation.

Picture Netflix, but instead of scrolling through corny romcoms, youre browsing easy ways to finally learn how to crochet, pick up a second language, or code your first app.

Space and the open ocean : On the surface, it seems like two more wildly contrasting places couldnt possibly exist.

Gaming online can get pricey, but the rewards are totally worth it.

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Google Tasks can easily be overlooked in Googles long list of apps and services.

Ive always wanted to be an engineer, but I wasnt cut out for that level of college coursework.

Three new ancient species of Tasmanian tigers have been discovered in Australia.

NASA has released the first look at its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) in orbit.

Small, degraded microplastics have already been found in placentas , breast milk , semen , and potentially even our brains .