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It has been an enduring evolutionary mystery since the days of Charles Darwin: When did humans lose their tails? Apes–including humans and chimpanzees–are all primates who do not have long tails like lemurs and our other monkey relatives. Thanks to ...

WHEN VALER CLARK and Josiah Austin moved to El Coronado cattle ranch in southern Arizona in the 1980s, the seasonal rain didn’t soak into the soil but roared through arroyos and washes, cutting them deeper into the earth. The erosion ...

Humans’ early ancestors in Europe may not have spent their days eating Nutella on toasted bread, but hazelnuts were a valuable resource thousands of years ago. The way this vital source of energy was cultivated and harvested evolved as the ...

In Head Trip, PopSci explores the relationship between our brains, our senses, and the strange things that happen in between. USUALLY, pilots can navigate through cloudy and foggy conditions. They’re trained to do this. Substantially lowered visibility leaves them needing clarification ...

THE NEXT TIME you travel on an airplane, consider the giant engines that muscled it into the sky. Technically known as turbofans, they inhale massive amounts of air and blow it out the back to generate enormous thrust. In fact, ...

Imagine a crime scene. Chances are, you’re also imagining someone dusting for fingerprints. Despite recent debates of whether fingerprint evidence is accurate and reliable, it can still prove extremely useful in certain situations, such as narrowing down potential suspect lists. ...

Less than 4,500 tigers remain in the world, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Habitat loss continues to pose an immense existential threat to the planet’s largest cat species—a problem compounded due to the animals ...

In Overmatched, we take a close look at the science and technology at the heart of the defense industry—the world of soldiers and spies. VLADIMIR PLETSER stands in front of an eclectic audience—a group of people attending the Analog Astronaut ...

Honda started developing its Prologue EV in 2020, which became an even more challenging project during the spread of COVID-19. The Japanese brand had agreed on a partnership with the American legacy automakers at General Motors, and face-to-face meetings were ...

DO YOU HAVE a big tub of pre-workout powder sitting close by? Look at the label. How many ingredients do you recognize? Protein used to be the “it factor” in fitness supplements. But these products, sometimes called “pre-workouts,” have tweaked ...