The unintended side effects of popular weight loss drugswww.popsci.com Semaglutide weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy can have great health benefits—along with serious side effects.
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The mystery of why some dinosaurs got so enormouswww.popsci.com Dinosaurs like sauropods and theropods kept growing bigger. We sort of know how thanks to fossils, but why?
Giant electric airships could one day deliver humanitarian aidwww.popsci.com While it can't compete with the cargo-carrying capacity of an airplane, it could one day be used to deliver humanitarian aid and cell service.
No one bought Apple’s iconic HQ logo signwww.popsci.com The iconic logo failed to meet its owners' minimum bid requirement. Meanwhile, someone bought a first-gen iPhone for $20,450.
The Juno spacecraft spotted evidence of a salty ocean on Jupiter's biggest moonwww.popsci.com Ganymede is a particularly weird place. Not only is it Jupiter’s most massive satellite, it’s the biggest moon in the whole solar system.
What is Zepbound? Here's how the newly FDA-approved weight loss drug works.www.popsci.com What to know about the weekly injectable medication, which is not exactly the same as Ozempic or Wegovy.
How to use Bard AI for Gmail, YouTube, Google Flights, and morewww.popsci.com Google's Bard AI assistant will work with the company's other apps, including Gmail, YouTube, and Google Flights. Use this guide to understand how it works.
Watch an uncrewed Navy 'ghost boat' fire live missileswww.popsci.com The exercise involved launching Switchblade munitions from a small speed-boat like vessel that had no one on board. Here's why.
Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabamawww.popsci.com Although currently the last of its kind, the line of chonky boys has long played a vital role in spacecraft logistics.
Virus observed sucking on another virus’ ‘neck’ for the first timewww.popsci.com This Mini-Flayer and Mind-Flayer virus are in a serious long-term relationship.
Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabamawww.popsci.com Although currently the last of its kind, the line of chonky boys has long played a vital role in spacecraft logistics.
The mystery of why some dinosaurs got so enormouswww.popsci.com Dinosaurs like sauropods and theropods kept growing bigger. We sort of know how thanks to fossils, but why?
Megalodon's warm-blooded relatives are still circling the oceans todaywww.popsci.com Regional endothermy could help the smalltooth sand tiger shark generate power to hunt.
Watch an uncrewed Navy 'ghost boat' fire live missileswww.popsci.com The exercise involved launching Switchblade munitions from a small speed-boat like vessel that had no one on board. Here's why.
Rimac's electric speed demon tore through a world record in reversewww.popsci.com It’s starting to feel like the world’s most powerful EV is running out of impressive feats.
These robots reached a team consensus like a swarm of beeswww.popsci.com Scout bees vote for new hive locations with a 'dance.' These tiny bee-inspired bots make a team decision by blinking at one another.
In space, your body is like a soda canwww.popsci.com Movies may have led you to believe heroic astronauts can slip on a space suit and leap to the rescue, but that's not reality.
Scientists made a claw machine from a dead spiderwww.popsci.com Plus the oldest fish alive, talking to both dolphins and aliens, and other weird things we learned this week.
Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max review: The best laptop gets a power-upwww.popsci.com The M3 series Apple MacBook Pros pack absurd power into a small package, now with impressive gaming upgrades.
Turn your iPhone into a bedside clock with StandBy modewww.popsci.com StandBy Mode is a new iOS 17 feature that can turn your iPhone into a bedside clock when charging. Follow these steps to enable it.
Waze will start warning drivers about the most dangerous roadswww.popsci.com A feature called Crash History Alert and it uses an AI to assess the danger of upcoming roads to help drivers be more mindful.
Why the heck is Earth wet?www.popsci.com When our planet first formed, it was extremely dry. Something had to happen to deliver quintillions of gallons of water to Earth.
How to use 3D glasses from 1954 todaywww.popsci.com This old-school idea on how to repurpose 3D viewers shows us how much—and how little—the technology has changed.
Billionaire-backed company has bought all the land it needs for its 'city of yesterday'www.popsci.com After years of stealth purchases and the threat of a $510 million lawsuit against locals, billionaire-backed company California Forever’s CEO says he now calls Solano County ‘home.’
Farthest black hole ever recorded by astronomers is nearly as old as our universewww.popsci.com The supermassive black hole was observed with the help of two telescopes and a 'cosmic magnifying glass.'
Divers recovered a treasure trove of over 30,000 ancient, bronze coins off the Italian coastwww.popsci.com Between 30,000 and 50,000 large, Roman ‘follis’ in 'exceptional' condition resided underwater near Sardinia since the fourth century.
Volvo’s new EV could include recycled blue jeans, pine resin, or flaxwww.popsci.com The new electric vehicle costs less than $40,000, a price tag that's refreshingly low compared to other EVs. Here's what goes into it.
North America was once home to some unusual wild monkeyswww.popsci.com According to paleontologists, the five-pound monkeys showed up on the continent ‘like a drifting gunslinger in a Western movie.’