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We're flushing a lot of valuable nutrients down the drain. (Markus Spiske/)While many of us simply flush and forget about it, our pee has th...

The plane isn't the only dangerous part of the equation. (Unsplash/)Follow all of PopSci’s COVID-19 coverage here, including the truth about...

Researchers found mercury in creatures dwelling at the deepest areas of the ocean. (Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration...

Getting a trailer into spots like these can be tricky, but new tech helps. (Dan Carney/)If you’ve ever tried it, you know: Backing up a car...

A patient gets a swine flu vaccine through a jet injector in 1976. (CDC/)Before vaccines, physicians would blow smallpox scabs up people’s n...

This version of the Mighty Studio starts at $159,000 (Mighty Buildings/)Even when Extreme Home Makeover was still on the air, building most...

Matt Wadiak, co-founder and CEO of Cooks Venture, at the operation’s 800-acre farm in Decatur, Arkansas, hopes to fix our nation’s poultry p...

The Crew-1 crew. From left to right, NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Glover, and Mike Hopkins, and JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi. (Sp...

The Darkroom app is one of the first to get optimization for Apple Silicon. (Stan Horaczek /)I keep a big, hardcover book next to my couch f...

Ants have dozens of glands that produce pheromones, helping them to communicate with other ants. (Syed Ali/)A recent TikTok spurred an unusu...

Yep. I hate it. (Sandra Gutierrez G. /)There’s no question that glasses are amazing. They’re simple pieces of engineering that solve sometim...

A new paper looks at the importance of tropical peatlands in facilitating disease spread and the impact of the pandemic on tropical peatland...

Venice lands among the top example of international treasures that are buckling under climate change. But there are plenty of places that co...

The timepiece features "touchless transitions" when in triathlon mode. (Wahoo /)As the name implies, a triathlon is made up of three activi...

Abandoned and overgrown Black cemeteries turn up during construction of highways, housing developments, and industrial plants, prompting cal...

You're going to have to step up from the super-cheap Black Friday TVs to get the best performance out of your new gaming console. (TCL/)Hook...

Other countries have faced more severe spikes in cases but have managed to bring COVID-19 down to more manageable levels. Here's what it cou...

Use only one app to save original shots while you play around with light settings on a copy. ( Dan Gold / Unsplash/)Google Photos has come a...

Shopping in person on Black Friday? Take these precautions before diving into the deals. (Unsplash/)Black Friday is just around the corner,...

Quentin Tarantino's version of a whale removal. (Pixabay/)The year is 1970. Richard Nixon is president, bell-bottoms are a hot new look, and...

A successful spearfisherman kicks to the surface with a hefty striper. (peter correale/)This story originally featured on Outdoor Life.I sti...

A coronavirus vaccine may be available to high-risk individuals as early as late December. (Dimitri Houtteman/)The US is failing to slow the...

Your Mac gets a new look with the macOS Big Sur update. (Apple /)If you’re using a Mac, it’s about to feel a lot more like an iPhone or iPad...

Moderna's coronavirus vaccine candidate is made in a similar way to Pfizer's experimental drug. Both released preliminary results this month...

This is your brain on dreams. (Stephanie Unger/)You dream for two hours every night, but for something so common, it’s a remarkably enigmati...