Browsing: Popsci Archive

From a cello-horn to a harpitar, these music-makers are way more exciting than a plain old piano.

Footage may or may not contain a flying toilet.

The 1986 Space Shuttle tragedy killed all seven crew members, but their legacy lives on

In 1953, people had yet to see a close-up image of Mars. But that didn’t dim the prospect of one…

The cosmonaut deserves a little more fame

A disturbing thought experiment (with diagrams) by Cold War-era scientists

One hundred years ago today, scientists hailed the discovery of our earliest ancestor. The bones turned out to be a fraud. But who planted them, and why?

1926 sports aficionados give their opinions on why women can’t reach the “masculine standard”