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What happens when our brain goes blank | Popular Science
Jun 9, 2025 · My thoughts often feel like endless streams of information. That’s until someone asks me the name of a stranger I met six or seven seconds before, and my mind goes blank.
Watch the mesmerizing first-ever footage of a rare Antarctic squid ...
Jun 10, 2025 · Oceanographers on an excursion in the Southern Ocean captured a chance, unprecedented encounter with a sizable deep-sea squid.While piloting a remotely operated …
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The microbes inside you, the edges of the known universe, and all the amazing stuff in between. Find science articles and current events from PopSci.
A chemical in acne medicine can help regenerate limbs
Jun 10, 2025 · Lauren Leffer is a science, tech, and environmental reporter based in Brooklyn, NY. She writes on many subjects including artificial intelligence, climate, and weird biology …
In a world without people, how fast would NYC fall apart? Here's …
Jun 5, 2025 · Imagine the ceaseless cacophony of New York City suddenly stopped. No sirens wailed. No cars zoomed. No subways rumbled beneath sidewalks. All eight million New …
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Why we forget our childhoods | Popular Science
May 30, 2025 · Childhood amnesia makes the memories formed before age 7 a blur. Scientists are trying to figure out why and if they're gone forever.
Study debunks 5G health conspiracy theory (again)
May 13, 2025 · Conspiracy theories about cell phone towers and wireless communication have existed as long as the technologies themselves. But in an age of rampant disinformation, …
Scientists are redefining time itself, starting with the second
5 days ago · Scientists have taken a major step toward the ambitious global goal of “redefining the second” by the end of this decade.A study published this week details how researchers from …