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. Our eyes work thanks to light. Objects we can see are either sources of light themselves – like a candle or a phone screen – or light bounces off …

. New Contacts Let You See Infrared Light—Even with Your Eyes Closed Straight out of science fiction, these contact lenses convert infrared light into visible light that humans can see …

. The year was 2013, and the release of hotly anticipated zombie-apocalypse video game was on the horizon. The game, called The Last of Us, invited players to explore what …

. Astrophotographer Josh Dury captured a stunning celestial scene early Friday morning (May 23), as the planets Venus and Saturn aligned with the thin waning crescent moon above the still …

. Anecdotal reports suggest that people who are taking weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy say they suddenly find it easier to turn down an extra drink on a …

. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. In 1995, a mystery skull washed onto a beach in Longport, New Jersey. Four years …

. Humans love beer: worldwide, we can go through more than 187.9 million kiloliters (49.6 billion gallons) of it in just one year. But new research adds this beloved beverage …

. Larry Saltzman has blood cancer. He’s also a retired doctor, so he knows getting covid-19 could be dangerous for him — his underlying illness puts him at high risk …

. “Growing up in inland Tanzania, I lived far from any large water bodies, let alone the ocean. When I first moved to the coast, to join the University of …

. There are creatures here on Earth that may give us clues on getting “chat-time” with extraterrestrial intelligence — dolphins, which are famously social and smart. Recently, the Coller Dolittle …