Author: Pauline Edwards

We take a look at a new idea about head injuries in football.

DNA testing and marine geology shows how the now-extinct Falkland Islands wolf crossed almost 300 miles of sea.

Steuart Pittman, head of the U.S. fallout shelter program, died earlier this month at age 93. As a reminder of just how frightening the Cold War was, check out these old family-style bunkers from the pages of Popular Science.

Party too hard, and they’ll text a friend for help.

An Arduino is a popular open-source single-board microcontroller. Learn how to program one and let the possibilities take shape.

Thiel’s Breakout Labs has awarded an energy firm $300,000 to continue its research harnessing tornadoes for cheap, clean energy.

Sure, chimps and dolphins are smart. But did you know about the terrifyingly intelligent Komodo dragon, the paranoid squirrel, or the insect supervillain Portia labiata?

Malaria is the scourge of tropical nations, crippling its victims with symptoms like debilitating fever, convulsions and nausea, and killing…

Earlier this year, a Russian media mogul named Dmitry Itskov formally announced his intention to disembody our conscious minds and…

Rechargeable batteries were supposed to keep trash out of landfills. Instead they replaced old garbage with new. Consumers throw away…