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- Sep 29, 2026
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How smart are octopuses? Smart enough to use a mirror. (opens the original)
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Part of its brain lives in its arms. It can see with its skin. It has no bones at all, allowing it to fit into any space larger than its beak—oh, and yes, it has a beak. This might sound like some fever dream of a next-level alien. In fact, scientists do liken its strange anatomy to something extraterrestrial. But it’s not an alien at all: It’s an octopus, and it’s very much of this Earth. It just happens to be so different from us, it may as well “phone home” from another planet. That differenc
Why do dogs' legs shake during pets? It's not because they like it. (opens the original)
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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Imagine this: You’re at the doctor’s office, and instead of one quick tap with the reflex hammer—the kind that makes your leg kick out without you meaning to—they just…keep going. Tap,
You might be eating too much protein (opens the original)
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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Growing up, many of us remember dutifully taking a few more bites of protein (and, of course, vegetables) to appease our moms before we were allowed to progress to the sweet, carb-heavy
Could a whale really swallow a human? We asked a biologist. (opens the original)
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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. Imagine this: A giant sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) has just swallowed you whole. It might seem like a bizarre scenario to envision, but you’d hardly be the first. In the Bible’s
Can't whistle? It's not you, it's mouth geometry. (opens the original)
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Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. There’s a video on YouTube, filmed back in 2019, where 100 random people try to whistle on camera. About half of them fail, often spectacularly. But partway through, the video flashes t
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