Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Work on a sewer line southeast of Amsterdam was paused recently, after construction crews discovered an unexpected and very large obstacle. According to a recent social media post from the Dutch town of Wijk bij Duurstede, municipal workers encountered…
The origin of the hoax about President Donald Trump praising neo-Nazis by saying there were very fine people on both sides dates back to the controversy over whether or not the statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville should be removed, as the city had voted, or preserved as a historical artifact. (The statue…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. One of history’s most famous military marches has been misunderstood for centuries. According to the prevailing English accounts, King Harold made a momentous, 200-mile march over land to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 CE after dismissing his naval…
USC has settled a lawsuit with a former high-ranking athletic department official who alleged the university allowed former athletic director Mike Bohn to racially harass and discriminate against her, then fired her when she voiced concerns about Bohn’s behavior. Joyce Bell Limbrick was the highest-ranking Black and female official in USC’s athletic department when she…
Last November, this editor published a VIP post about a hot take: the Founding Fathers were all immigrants. The Founders of America were literally immigrants. https://t.co/VXHnQhTNEx — Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) November 17, 2025 Immigrants to what country? People were happy to inform the poster that they might have been…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Clothing trends come and go, but in some cases, they don’t stay away for too long. For decades, both the fashion industry and its devotees have referenced the so-called “20-year-rule,” which suggests society is liable to see certain styles…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The world’s largest operating steam locomotive is hitting the road—or tracks. Union Pacific’s Big Boy No. 4014 is heading out on its first coast-to-coast steam tour to celebrate the United States’ 250th anniversary. The first leg begins on March…
