popular science

  • Popular Science Online Forever!

    Hey fellow nerds, guess what? Every Popular Science has gone online! All 137 years. And it’s free! And it’s searchable! It’s much better than watching the Oscars. I promise. I did a search for “Rumpus” and came up with this…

  • Science Saturday

    Martian landscapes that will blow your mind. There’s water on the moon, and that has implications for future manned space travel. Unmanned non-lethalwhale hunting looks pretty cool. To protect yourself against the swine flu, catch a cold?. Apparently. Along those…

  • Science Saturday

    Happy 40th birthday to the internet. Just don’t go buying a Harley to prove you’re still vibrant. In what may be the most counter-intuitive finding in recent years, the internet might actually make people smarter, which frightens the hell out…

  • Science Saturday

    Lots of fascinating science news this week. Here we go. The IgNobel Prizes were given out last night, and the honored research included a bra that doubles as a gas mask, diamonds made from tequila, and the discovery that an…