Sunna van Kampen turns his attention to the everyday products lining your bathroom shelf - from toothpaste to shampoo and ...

The brain constantly blends split-second reactions with slower, more thoughtful processing, and new research shows how it pulls this off. Scientists discovered that brain regions operate on different ...

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The New Scientist Book Club has just finished our December read, Iain M. Banks's sci-fi novel The Player of Games - and most ...

Physicists in China have brought one of Einstein’s thought experiments into reality—but not quite with the outcome he hoped ...

Why someone becomes addicted to a substance has long baffled scientists and philosophers. Now leading researchers are getting the clearest picture yet of how addiction works in the brain and body.

In 2025, Popular Science continued our mission to demystify our weird world for millions of readers. We debunked myths about ...

Tech companies are claiming machines more intelligent than us and capable of having their own agendas are just around the ...

The new hit science fiction show “Pluribus” takes place in a world where a hive mind links everyone’s thoughts and actions in ...

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The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...