AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine could be in the US soon. (AstraZeneca/)Click here to see all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage.A fourth drug manufacturer, AstraZeneca, has announced positive results in Phase III COVID vaccine trials in the Unite...

Get the best boots for your snowboard. (Visit Almaty via Pexels/)Whether you’re a pro on the powder or just starting out, a successful snowboarding run starts with appropriate snowboard gear, especially when it comes to your feet. Are your...

Since the peak of the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, body cameras have been the focus of changes to increase transparency in police departments across the country. (Sean Lee/Unsplash/)Dan Bromberg is an associate professor of Publ...

The US has been able to distribute vaccines quickly enough that the Biden administration is now sharing shots with countries like Mexico and Canada. (Pixabay /)Click here to see all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage.As the COVID-19 pandemic con...

Take your office on the go or find your inner artist with the best tablet for your lifestyle. (Daniel Romero via Unsplash/)Tablets have come a long way in the last decade. While portable touchscreen devices have been prototyped and produced...

Kleptoplasty, the ability to steal another organism's photosynthetic powers, in animals is thought to be extremely rare in animals. Its this skill that allows the slug pictured above to survive and regrow its body after being decapitated. (...

Keep your outdoor space tidy. (Kadri Vosumae via Pexels/)A great leaf blower makes you want to wake up on a fall day and get to work. It makes you wish your yard was a few acres bigger so you can put your favorite power tool to more use. Th...

That disturbing moment Avatoon tells you you look a lot like your mother. ( Nathana Rebouças / Unsplash/)As popular as selfies are, some people just don’t like taking pictures of themselves. But in the Work-From-Home Era, your name on the s...

Data as of mid-March 2020. (Graphic by Sara Chodosh/)This winter, a worrying trend emerged: although COVID-19 cases were at an all-time high, polling data indicated that many Americans were taking more risks and fewer precautions against th...

Your machine gets old and slow. And then you get old waiting for your websites to load. (Tim Gouw / Unsplash/)Neither you nor your gadgets can escape the passage of time. But when it comes to your computer, you can at least make sure it has...

A traditional US Army 120mm mortar firing in 2017. (Killo Gibson / US Army /)A mortar is artillery at its most simple. A shooter angles the mortar’s tube just right, drops the bomb in, and then the round rockets out, arcing a high trajector...

Haptic feedback from wearable devices could make virtual experiences like this seem a lot more real. (Facebook/)When technology companies talk about “friction,” they’re often referring to the steps required to get thoughts and commands from...

This view of Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere from NASA’s Juno spacecraft includes several of the planet’s southern jet streams. (NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/)An international team of astronomers just measured Jupiter’s raging stratospheric wi...

Make sure you can always clear a path through the snow with one of these snow blowers. (Fabian Mardi via Unsplash/)There’s nothing more beautiful than the calm after a blizzard—until you remember that you’re responsible for cleaning it up....

Wisconsin wolf hunters may face new restrictions next year. (Christel SAGNIEZ from Pixabay/)This article originally featured on Field & Stream.Wisconsin’s controversial wolf season might look a lot different next year. The recent weeklong F...

Sperm whales are a rare sight. (Pxhere/)Hal Whitehead, a biologist at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, has spent decades following sperm whales around on boats, trying to figure out their intricate social structures.“About 20 years ago,...

Make sure accidents don't ruin your carpets and floors. (Josh Sorenson via Pexels /)Let’s be honest, unless your carpets are dark grey and constructed for what manufacturers call “heavy traffic,” i.e. a lot of wear and tear, you’re probably...

The V-280 resembles a traditional aircraft in forward flight. (Bell/)Two companies are vying to produce the next Black Hawk for the Army. The next-gen aircraft could speed quickly into harm’s way, drop off troops, and then zoom out again....

COVID-19 death and infection rates in this relatively small population were significantly higher than those of the general public. (Pixabay/)Click here to see all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage. Some American Indian tribes across the country...

When your door won't slide, you can do more than sit on the floor and gaze outside. (Gabe Rebra/Unsplash/)Sliding doors should glide open and closed, not grind along like a Jawa sandcrawler traversing the deserts of Tatooine, or worse—refus...

A Galapagos sea lion chases a large school of Salema fish off Isabela Island. (Enric Sala/)When we give marine life a chance to recoup, the ocean gives back. In protected ocean parks, the mass of fish is on average over 600 percent greater...

The concept of COVID-19 antibodies crossing the placenta is not unheard of. Over the past year, there have been a few documented cases. (Pixabay/)Scientists have documented the first known case of a baby being born with SARS-CoV-2 antibodie...

Make sure your surfaces are gunk free and clean! (Erik Mclean via Pexels /)Sometimes getting down on your hands and knees with soap and water just won’t do. Going low with high hopes of scrubbing grimy outdoor surfaces clean can be hard on...

This is how you might look if you find something particularly interesting in a WhoIs search. (Bermix Studio/Unsplash/)If you want to find out who owns a website, how old it is, or even try to contact the person or company who runs it, typin...

Vaccines are already helping us fight COVID-19 in so many ways. (Alena Shekhovtcova from Pexels/)Click here to see all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage.There’s been a lot of bad COVID-19 news over the last year, but luckily, thanks to vaccines...