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When time slows down while you're looking at a clock

Why do clock hands seem to slow down? Why do clock hands seem to slow down?

The Opt Out: 5 reasons to skip at-home genetic testing

The Opt Out: 5 reasons to skip at-home genetic testing The Opt Out: 5 reasons to skip at-home genetic testing

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

NASA's a lunar orbiter camera

Inside look: This vault holds the world’s greatest collection of historic cameras Inside look: This vault holds the world’s greatest collection of historic cameras

By Jarren Vink, Stan Horaczek

How to trap cosmic rays in a jar like it’s 1951

How to trap cosmic rays in a jar like it’s 1951 How to trap cosmic rays in a jar like it’s 1951

By Bill Gourgey

Colorful eyes of different animals; illustration

How do animals see the world? How do animals see the world?

By Laura Baisas

colorful dna strands; illustration

Can our eyes ever fix themselves? Can our eyes ever fix themselves?

By Aparna Nathan

Illustration in green, yellow, orange, and purple of big sauropod dinosaurs lifting weights in front of a prehistoric landscape

The mystery of why some dinosaurs got so enormous The mystery of why some dinosaurs got so enormous

3D viewing glasses on blue background of vintage PopSci magazine images; illustration

How to use 3D glasses from 1954 today How to use 3D glasses from 1954 today

By Bill Gourgey

digital hand wiping digital curtain away from hiding person; illustration

Can we find hackers by the clues they leave in their code? Can we find hackers by the clues they leave in their code?

By Sarah Scoles

scientist pulls back stage curtain with colorful shapes behind; illustration

How this computer scientist is rethinking color theory How this computer scientist is rethinking color theory

By Kenneth R. Rosen

colorful facial profiles of people saying BA BA BA and GA GA GA; illustration

Why what we see influences what we hear Why what we see influences what we hear

a collection of woolly mammoth figurines on petri dishes on a blue background to represent Colossal's de-extinction project

Is de-extinction only a pipette dream? This startup has a big, expensive plan to find out. Is de-extinction only a pipette dream? This startup has a big, expensive plan to find out.

By Andrew Zaleski

Car with a license plate saying "data hog"

The Opt Out: Cars are spying on us, and we’re letting them The Opt Out: Cars are spying on us, and we’re letting them

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

row of people undergoing body scan show by having grids projected onto them

How this programmer and poet thinks we should tackle racially biased AI How this programmer and poet thinks we should tackle racially biased AI

By Tyler Santora

Tail of black cat on red, star-specked background forms a heart shape. Illustration.

This tell-tail sign means your cat likes you This tell-tail sign means your cat likes you

By Brandon Keim

robot approaches bob-ross-looking artist in front of easel, with large landscape painting forming background

5 surprising stats about AI-generated art’s takeover 5 surprising stats about AI-generated art’s takeover

By Maddi Langweil

mass-casualty triage occurring via different technologies

DARPA wants to modernize how first responders do triage during disasters DARPA wants to modernize how first responders do triage during disasters

By Sarah Scoles

old-style classroom with robot taking shape in front of blackboard with many drawings while man stands at desk

The first AI started a 70-year debate The first AI started a 70-year debate

close-up of face with rainbow-colored clouds of scent reaching for nose

Is there such a thing as a smell illusion? Is there such a thing as a smell illusion?

child and robot sit at chess table playing game

This AI program could teach you to be better at chess This AI program could teach you to be better at chess

	
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