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46 percent off an indoor, smoke-less grill and other early Black Friday deals happening today
Popular Science - By Billy Cadden
Bring on the discounts. For more deals and product chatter, check out our exclusive Facebook group. Indoor smoke-less grill You might not want to be grilling outside all winter, but it's hard not to miss
11 Terrifying Childcare Inventions From The Early 20th Century
Popular Science - By Denise Ngo
Enjoy the motorized hanging cradle, the baby gas mask, the UV-ray baby branding prod, and more "infant-friendly" gadgets from the Popular Science archives. Updated: There are certain areas of expertise
Environment
Visualizing California's current fires, some of the deadliest and most destructive on record
Popular Science - By Sara Chodosh
These graphics show how the fires have spread over the last few days. California is ablaze once again, and despite an already horrific season these new fires are still setting records. The Camp fire that
Environment
California's wildfires are affecting the oceans—and these researchers are the first to study it
Popular Science - By Nicole Wetsman
A research trip planned long before the fires took hold takes on new importance. The Santa Barbara Channel, an 80-mile-long stretch of the Pacific Ocean just off the coast of southern California, is one
Environment
How parched states like California fight wildfires
Popular Science - By Anna Brooks
You can battle a record-breaking blaze even while trying to conserve water. Twin blazes sparked almost two weeks ago in Northern California have flared into the largest wildfire the Golden State has seen
Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone thrived after its 1988 fires, but dry summers threaten all progress
Popular Science - Monica G. Turner/The Conversation
Extremely hot, dry weather is no longer as rare as it used to be. This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the 1988 Yellowstone fires—massive blazes that affected about 1.2 million acres in and around
Blood Vessels
How to stretch for any type of workout
Popular Science - By Sara Chodosh
Let’s get straight to the science. A million and one pieces of advice on stretching have already spread the internet thin. Don’t fret—this one is different. Instead of giving generic advice on the potential
Apps
Nine apps that will improve your productivity at work
Popular Science - By David Nield
Manage your time, stay calm, avoid distractions, and more. When you're having an off day at the office—one of those times when you can't seem to focus or get anything done—your phone often distracts you
Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is thriving thanks to climate change
Popular Science - By Marlene Cimons
Rising temperatures are creating new habitats for ticks. German physician Alfred Buchwald had no clue that the chronic skin inflammation he described in 1883 was the first recorded case of a serious tick-carrying
Email aliases are the easiest path to privacy—and an organized inbox
Popular Science - By David Nield
And setting them up is a snap. We all deal with a daily deluge of email, which means we jump at anything that can improve the efficiency of our inboxes. In that spirit, consider email aliases, a useful
Lawn Mowing
The best way to deal with fall leaves
Popular Science - By Jillian Mock
It would be so much easier to just...leave them. Fall is here, and with it one of the most dreaded of chores: wrangling dead leaves. For any yard-owners thinking, “There must be a better way!”—fear not.
Environment
MEGAPIXELS: NASA provides a powerful view of California’s deadly wildfires
Popular Science - By Rachel Feltman
Capturing the terrifying blazes from above. A terrible combination of low humidity, dry vegetation, and high winds had Californians racing to escape multiple massive fires on Friday: the Camp Fire in California
Science
Gravitational waves could solve a cosmological crisis within five years—or shake physics to its core
Popular Science - By Charlie Wood
We’re closing in on one of the most important numbers in the universe. When cosmologist Daniel Holtz took off from Hong Kong on August 17, 2017, his head swirled with the ideas he’d spent the last week
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Tesla is making the Model 3 faster with a software update
Popular Science - By Jordan Golson
Track Mode shows the potential of electric cars to go fast. To make a regular car go faster on the track, you can add go-fast components like a turbocharger or better fuel, or improve handling components
Science
How Carl Sagan Described Death To His Young Daughter
Popular Science - By Francie Diep
A new essay from Sasha Sagan shows how a great popularizer of science answered his own kid's big questions. When your dad is Carl Sagan, your first lessons on death aren't sugar-coated. But they are nevertheless
Cider
Does apple cider vinegar actually do anything?
Popular Science - By Sara Chodosh
An investigation into the internet’s favorite home remedy. If something claims to be a miracle cure—for cancer, for overeating, for run-of-the-mill acne—you should start by assuming it isn’t. Life is and
Mass Shootings
Gunshot wound first aid can save a life. Here's what to do.
Popular Science - By Nicole Wetsman
There are life-saving measures any bystander can take. Twelve people died this week after a gunman opened fire in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. More than 20 others were injured. Two weeks ago, a
Environment
Florence and Michael might be retired from the Hurricane naming book
Popular Science - By Dennis Mersereau
Meteorologists routinely retire names of severely devastating storms. What’s in a name? For tropical cyclones, their scientist-given names are often nothing more than a blip in the news. Except when a
Grand Theft Auto
Livestreams now reward people just for paying attention
Popular Science - By Eleanor Cummins
The Blizzcon Facebook stream took the attention economy to a whole new level. For at-home viewers, BlizzCon looked a little different this year. The annual Anaheim, California convention for video game
Hall of Fame
Five rad and random things I found this week
Popular Science - By Billy Cadden
The end-of-week dispatch from PopSci's commerce editor. Vol. 58. My job is to find cool stuff. Throughout the week I spend hours scouring the web for things that are useful, fun, or ridiculously cheap.
Science
Charles Minard is known for the 'best graphic ever,' but he may have topped it with these maps
Popular Science - By Sara Chodosh
A new book catalogues the map-maker's lesser-known works. Charles Minard was not a designer by trade, or at least not the kind of artsy mind we usually associate with creative genius. He was a civil engineer.
How to remove odors, instead of just hiding them behind nicer smells
Popular Science - By Dan Seitz
Science can spike that stink. We don’t usually think of our noses as delicate chemical sensors, but that’s exactly what they are. And big honker or petite button, our sniffers hate when bad odors linger
Tahoe
These pinhole cameras are capturing 1000 year photos of Lake Tahoe
Popular Science - By Stan Horaczek
Will these copper cameras survive climate change? Conceptual artist Jonathon Keats has a new large-scale millennium camera project that aims to capture the long-term effects of climate change at Lake is
University of Pennsylvania
Cell phones pose plenty of risks, but none of them are cancer
Popular Science - By Nicole Wetsman
One of the largest studies yet on the relationship between cell phones and cancer hasn't shifted the scientific viewpoint. Ten years, $30 million, and thousands of rodents later, the results from one the
Asteroids
The origins of Earth’s water are a big mystery—but we may have one more piece of the puzzle
Popular Science - By Neel V. Patel
An old theory gets a new assist from the sun. If Earth didn’t have water, it wouldn’t have life, and the universe would be sorely lacking in dank memes. But exactly how water sprung up on this planet always
Apps
How to unsend messages you’ve sent via Facebook and other apps
Popular Science - By Stan Horaczek
Facebook now gives you a grace period on your bad messages—and other apps do too. There are lots of reasons someone might want to un-send a message on one of the many messaging apps that currently populate
Sleep
How to deal with seasonal affective disorder and stay alert this winter
Popular Science - By Eleanor Cummins
Hibernation, unfortunately, is not a healthy option for humans. Each winter, as the days grow darker, approximately 5 percent of Americans suffer from something called seasonal affective disorder. Tragicomically
Environment
As oceans grow more acidic, they’re eating away at their protective floors
Popular Science - By Marlene Cimons
The ocean is digesting itself. Much of the deep sea has never been explored close-up by humans. Some submarines have plumbed its depths, but reaching the ocean bottom is a complicated and expensive journey,
Particles
52 of Cassini's most beautiful postcards from the outer solar system
Popular Science - By Sarah Fecht
The spacecraft completely changed our view of Saturn and her moons One of NASA's greatest spacecraft will call it quits on September 15, 2017. The Cassini spacecraft has made countless discoveries during
Apps
Live your best post-Zuckerberg life with these replacements for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook
Popular Science - By David Nield
Alternative apps to help you ditch the Facebook ecosystem. As Facebook lurches from privacy crisis to data breach and back, you might decide it's time to jump ship. The problem is, deleting your account

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46 percent off an indoor, smoke-less grill and other early Black Friday deals happening today

11 Terrifying Childcare Inventions From The Early 20th Century

Visualizing California's current fires, some of the deadliest and most destructive on record

California's wildfires are affecting the oceans—and these researchers are the first to study it

How parched states like California fight wildfires

Yellowstone thrived after its 1988 fires, but dry summers threaten all progress

How to stretch for any type of workout

Nine apps that will improve your productivity at work

Lyme disease is thriving thanks to climate change

Email aliases are the easiest path to privacy—and an organized inbox

The best way to deal with fall leaves

MEGAPIXELS: NASA provides a powerful view of California’s deadly wildfires

Gravitational waves could solve a cosmological crisis within five years—or shake physics to its core

Tesla is making the Model 3 faster with a software update

How Carl Sagan Described Death To His Young Daughter

Does apple cider vinegar actually do anything?

Gunshot wound first aid can save a life. Here's what to do.

Florence and Michael might be retired from the Hurricane naming book

Livestreams now reward people just for paying attention

Five rad and random things I found this week

Charles Minard is known for the 'best graphic ever,' but he may have topped it with these maps

How to remove odors, instead of just hiding them behind nicer smells

These pinhole cameras are capturing 1000 year photos of Lake Tahoe

Cell phones pose plenty of risks, but none of them are cancer

The origins of Earth’s water are a big mystery—but we may have one more piece of the puzzle

How to unsend messages you’ve sent via Facebook and other apps

How to deal with seasonal affective disorder and stay alert this winter

As oceans grow more acidic, they’re eating away at their protective floors

52 of Cassini's most beautiful postcards from the outer solar system

Live your best post-Zuckerberg life with these replacements for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook