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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A massive iceberg has triggered a catastrophic die-off of Emperor Penguin chicks in Antarctica, blocking thousands of parents from reaching their young. The event claimed the lives of approximately 14,000 chicks at the Coulman Island colony in the Ross

Carii, boli, accidente. Pierderea dinților e o realitate pentru milioane de oameni. Dar cum ar arăta o lume în care am putea să ne regenerăm dinții de-a lungul vieții, la fel ca rechinii sau elefanții? O întrebare care, până ieri, părea să țină de ficțiune. Astăzi, datorită unei echipe de la King’s College London și

Skip to content Image: Foundry The original Macintosh arrived 42 years ago. Draw a line from that event to this week, in which credible reports suggest that Apple is finally getting close to fulfilling many of the promises it made back in 2024 regarding adding intelligent agents to its devices. Sure, it took licensing Google

Image: John Tse via YouTube Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. You wouldn’t think it, but for years people have looked at the humble umbrella and seen more than just a way to keep dry during a rainstorm. They see it as a challenge. Can

Epstein-Barr virus is a very common infection, but that doesn’t make it harmless Science History Images/Alamy About 1 in 10 people carry genetic variants that make them particularly vulnerable to the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a ubiquitous pathogen that is increasingly being linked to conditions like multiple sclerosis and lupus. The finding, which comes from a

The mayor of Niscemi, a small town in Sicily, ordered the evacuation of more than 1,500 people after days of torrential rain triggered a massive landslide on January 25, 2026. According to reports from the Associated Press (AP), the landslide spanned about 2.5 miles. As residents evacuate, some homes, vehicles, and other items have fallen

A man accused of throwing an improvised explosive device into a large crowd of protesters should face "the full force of the law", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The 31-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged over the attack at Monday's Invasion Day rally in Perth. Police on Tuesday revealed the

Blaulicht bringt die genetisch modifizierten Bierhefen zum Fluoreszieren. © Chris Buck Science 20.01.2026 Der Forscher braute das Ale in seiner Privatküche. Genetisch veränderte Bierhefe darin könnte gegen Polyomaviren immunisieren. Eine Impfung bedeutet meistens eine Spritze in den Oberarm. Gegen Pocken wurde man früher in die Haut geritzt, gegen Polio schluckte man einen Zuckerwürfel mit einem

Întrebarea pare atât de simplă, încât devine aproape copilărească: o bară metalică traversează Canalul Mânecii, legând țărmul britanic de cel francez. Ții un capăt în mână, prietenul tău pe celălalt. Tragi brusc. Simte el mișcarea în aceeași clipă? Intuiția te împinge spre un „da” hotărât. E metal solid, rigid, un singur bloc. Numai că această

Mass extinctions are often imagined as sudden, planet-wide catastrophes caused by asteroid impacts, supervolcanoes, or runaway climate change. But Earth’s history also includes a series of smaller extinction events that unfolded between the big five, when marine ecosystems repeatedly collapsed without a single obvious trigger. New research suggests that repeated volcanic eruptions beneath ancient oceans