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Florida International University
Florida is a preview of our climate change future
Popular Science - PopSci Staff
The Florida Problem: A Special Report. Struggling crops. Salty aquifers. Invading wildlife. Piles of dead fish. The Sunshine State feels the squeeze of environmental change on its beaches, farms, wetlands,
Drought
Your state probably isn't prepared for droughts or floods
Popular Science - Ula Chrobak
Hurricane Barry brought the first big downpour of the 2019 season to the southeastern U.S. this weekend. The Category 1 hurricane, now downgraded to a tropical storm, may not have been very powerful as
Technology
FaceApp is a privacy nightmare, but so is almost everything else you do online
Popular Science - Stan Horaczek
The hottest app of the moment collects your data, but they're certainly not alone. Internet phenomena have a tendency to come on strong and totally take over our social feeds, seemingly out of nowhere.
Native Hawaiians
Plans to build a massive telescope on sacred Hawaiian land have sparked protests—and arrests
Popular Science - Kat Eschner
Mauna Kea is special. On that much, every stakeholder can agree. But that’s where the agreement stops. The dormant volcano, whose peak is the highest point in the state of Hawai'i at almost 14,000 feet
Technology
One more thing artificial intelligence can beat you at: Solving a Rubik's cube
Popular Science - Rob Verger
There are 43 quintillion ways to scramble a cube. This AI can solve it in seconds. Scramble a Rubik’s cube, and you will create one of 43 quintillion possible arrangements of those 54 colorful square But
Richard Feynman
The history of science is for sale
Popular Science - Eleanor Cummins
From auction houses to eBay, this is how people buy up Nobel Prizes and space rocks. Most people probably haven’t visited an auction house, but they are, perhaps surprisingly, rather accommodating of masses.
Hammocks
Camping hammocks free you from tent tyranny
Popular Science - Alisha McDarris
Ditch your tent and explore a whole new world of comfort. For thousands of years, tents have been the shelter of choice for those sleeping outdoors. They offer cover, a way to keep off the creepy crawlies,
Weird
The weirdest things we learned this week: Victorian sex drugs and deadly milk injections
Popular Science - PopSci Staff
What's the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you'll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci's hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Anchor,
Tropical Cyclones
People in cancer treatment during hurricanes have lower survival rates
Popular Science - Nicole Wetsman
Delay in treatment during natural disasters can be detrimental for certain cancer patients. When Hurricane Harvey struck Texas in 2017, it flooded MD Anderson Cancer Center—which meant patients had their
Moon Landing
Groovy lunar tunes to help you celebrate the 50th anniversary of the moon landing
Popular Science - Rachel Feltman
A mix of what people got down to during the mission and what you should get down to today. Having a moon launch anniversary party? A moon landing anniversary party? Just love to sit around thinking about
Particles
Why doesn’t anyone live on the moon yet?
Popular Science - Alex Schwartz
Solar storms, sharp sand, and near-weightlessness are just the tip of the iceberg. Is Earth's fresh air, endless biodiversity, and (relatively) stable average temperature getting you down? Ever wanted
Gear & Gadgets
The best Prime Day deals for photographers
Popular Science - By Pop Photo Staff
Photographers are notorious for lusting after gear and gadgets, which makes an event like Amazon’s annual Prime Day festivities extremely attractive. While there isn’t a ton of hardcore camera gear lurking
Goosebumps. 50 years ago today, #Apollo11 launched on its mission to the moon. Listen to the sounds from the historic moment.
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Anorexia
Anorexia may be more complicated than we thought
Popular Science - Kat Eschner
A genetic study argues for a more nuanced view of the disorder. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric disease, but it's poorly understood. Cynthia Bulik has been studying it's
Technology
How to remove your data from people-finder sites
Popular Science - Whitson Gordon
You may not realize this, but a lot of your personal information might be publicly available online to anyone who searches for you. This includes your name, age, address, phone number, email address, status,
Science
What this 17th century astronomer can teach us about succeeding in the modern world
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The seventeenth century was approaching. The universe was one in which celestial bodies moved around the stationary Earth powered by individual spirits, ineffable planetary souls. Their spirits may have
Technology
Lyft's braille guide to autonomous tech helps the blind become familiar with robocars
Popular Science - Rob Verger
Last week, the National Federation of the Blind held its annual conference in Las Vegas, and during the event, ride-hailing service Lyft gave brief trips in self-driving cars to around 50 people who are
Alan Turing
Britain makes Alan Turing, the father of AI, the face of its 50-pound note
Popular Science - Eleanor Cummins
The country only recently pardoned him for criminal charges of homosexuality, for which he was chemically castrated. When Isaac Newton died, his pallbearers included two dukes and three earls. Upon Charles
Is It True That Birds Can't Fart?
Popular Science - Catherine Schwanke
Never say that PopSci hesitates to tackle the important issues of the day It's not that they can't. They just don't need to, says Mike Murray, a veterinarian at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.
Snakes
The best remedy for a snakebite: Carry car keys
Popular Science - Alisha McDarris
Snakes rarely bite humans—and if they do, here's how to deal with it. Snakes have a reputation problem. In both fiction and real life, we frequently hear about life-threatening attacks from these reptiles—but
Amazon Music
The best gadgets for using Amazon apps and services
Popular Science - Billy Cadden
Streaming devices, eReaders, and smart speakers to give you access to your favorite content. More and more, our gadgets are windows to connected services to accomplish tasks like streaming video, downloading
Technology
The best apps for festival season
Popular Science - David Nield
Heading out to a music festival is more like stepping into a battlefield than quietly sitting on a couch with your headphones on. But the difference between defeat and the time of your life can be made
Animals
Lyme isn’t the half of it: here are 8 more tick-borne illnesses to watch out for
Popular Science - By Jerome Goddard/TheConversation
When it comes to problems caused by ticks, Lyme disease hogs a lot of the limelight. But various tick species carry and transmit a collection of other pathogens, some of which cause serious, even fatal,
11 Terrifying Childcare Inventions From The Early 20th Century
Popular Science - 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. There are certain areas of expertise that came
Science
The wrong kind of sleep could keep you dwelling on bad memories
Popular Science - Kat Eschner
Most of us have had a night of poor sleep now and again. Often, we can power through the next sleepy day and then make up for it with an early night. But for people who have psychiatric disorders such
Sweaters
Why you’re never really happy with the things you buy anymore
Popular Science - Sara Chodosh
Constant bargain hunting makes us value all the wrong things about shopping. I wasn't supposed to be looking at leather jackets in Macy's. Had I gone in the entrance closest to the online order pick-up
Amazon
The best Amazon Prime Day deals happening this year
Popular Science - Billy Cadden
When does prime day end? Tuesday July 16 at midnight. If you've been waiting to grab a pair of headphones, that air fryer your friend can't stop praising, or a new set of gardening tools, you may as well
Animals
What to do if you encounter a bison
Popular Science - Alisha McDarris
My eyes widened and I flung my hand toward the windshield. “Buffalo!” Our driver slammed on the brakes. We braced ourselves for impact. We were on a collision course, all of us certain the massive creature
Environment
A guide to eco-friendly travel
Popular Science - Dan Seitz
Be the kind of tourist locals don’t hate as much. Travel has a lot of benefits. It breaks up our routine, makes us more physically active, and encourages us to try new things. In fact, a 2014 study found
Space Weather
Our best defense against space weather has been offline for weeks
Popular Science - Neel V. Patel
The Deep Space Climate Observatory—DSCOVR for short—is an underrated gem in Earth's orbit. This satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is

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