Scientists and artists have been reconstructing the appearance of dinosaurs and other ancient creatures for centuries. But they’ve often gotten it wrong. Whether they were hampered by a lack of bones, limited by the knowledge and research techniques of their day, or simply made a blunder, there have been some striking misinterpretations of the fossil […]
Two main reasons those gas pockets appear in turtles are plastics and boat strikes. When a turtle consumes something it can’t digest—like parts of fishing nets, plastic bottles, or even rubber gloves (yes, there was a sea turtle found with a rubber glove in its intestines)—it sometimes gets stuck somewhere along its gastrointestinal tract. This, […]
A rescued green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) named Charlotte is getting the gift of better mobility this holiday season. Charlotte is one of many endangered turtles suffering from bubble butt syndromea serious injury which has partially paralyzed his back flippers and causes him to swim with his backside up instead of flat. Thanks to a […]
A council has told a smoker to pay more than £800 for carelessly discarding a cigarette. Carl Smith, 31, was issued with a £100 fixed penalty notice earlier this year for dropping the butt on the street, Bromley council said. He was then prosecuted after failing to pay the notice for littering in the Kent […]
Popular Science started writing about technology more than 150 years ago. There was no such thing as “gadget writing” when we published our first issue in 1872, but if there was, our mission to demystify the world of innovation for everyday readers means we would have been all over it. Here in the present, PopSci […]
Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Former New England Patriots stars Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski reflected fondly on a particular Thanksgiving memory ahead of the annual holiday. During Thursday’s episode of the Dudes On Dudes podcast featuring Edelman and Gronkowski, the former teammates reflected on the Patriots Thanksgiving 2012 victory over the […]
