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

A 62-page document written by President Donald Trump’s on-again-off-again pick to run NASA, billionaire Jared Isaacman, outlines a sweeping, ambitious, and at times controversial plan for the space ...

Hurricane Erin weakened into a Category 2 storm over Monday evening, the latest shift in what has been a remarkably fast-changing storm. The hurricane’s behavior in recent days makes it one of the ...

The Center for Scientific Integrity — the non-profit organization that runs Retraction Watch — has launched a project aimed at rounding up flawed and fake medical-research papers and neutralizing ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

In today’s competitive job market, simply listing your job responsibilities on a resume isn’t enough. To stand out, especially for ambitious professionals aiming for six-figure careers, a well-crafted ...

One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a federal agency tasked with “improving the health, safety, and well-being of ...

NASA is contributing to the One Million Acts of Science event, which seeks to encourage people to participate in various scientific projects and rack up one million individual contributions by the end ...

Deep in the Costa Rican rainforests, where howler monkeys and pumas roam, conservationists are working alongside travellers on new citizen science projects, introducing hi-tech processes to safeguard ...

On the first day of the new administration, January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order: "Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal ...

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” With a sly grin that I’d soon come to recognize, Paul Ginsparg quoted Michael Corleone from The Godfather. Ginsparg, a physics professor at ...