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Technology

Apple’s weird iPhone alarm problems are still happening

Apple acknowledged issues with the reliability of the iPhone’s built-in alarm feature last April after a report by NBC’s Today morning show and said it was working on a fix, but some people are still having trouble. Android Authority points out this Reddit post by bryanlolwut in the r/iPhone subreddit from Wednesday with a picture […]

Science

What is thundersnow? The weird weather phenomenon rumbling through the East Coast and Midwest

A rare weather phenomenon rumbled across several eastern and central U.S. states this weekend as Arctic air continues to bring heavy snow and freezing temperatures to millions of Americans. Thundersnow, also known as a winter thunderstorm, happens when a snowstorm is accompanied by thunder and lightning. As of Monday (Jan. 6) morning, the phenomenon has […]

Politics

This one weird trick could fix the Senate

All voters are equal, but some voters are more equal than others. And the most equal of all live in the Equality State. Wyoming has fewer than 435,000 eligible voters but gets two senators—the same as California, which has over 67 times as many eligible voters. Republicans’ advantage in low-population states is part of what […]

Science

11 weird, groundbreaking, and cute animal stories from 2024

Whether a large and fuzzy social media sensation or deep-sea slug slunking around the ocean’s Midnight Zone, there are still so many exciting animals on Earth just waiting for their close-up. In that spirit, here are the 11 of the most exciting animal stories that Popular Science covered this year.  First photo of a newborn […]

Science

Weird lickable lollipop invention lets you taste in virtual reality

Virtual reality (VR) experiences could soon get a lot more realistic thanks to a lickable device that lets you “taste” in virtual environments. The small, lollipop-like interface simulates up to nine flavors and can even be combined with smells to make the sensation of taste feel lifelike, scientists said in a new study published Nov. […]

Science

Scientists spot ‘L-shaped structures’ and ‘weird things’ near monster black hole in epic new Hubble telescope images

Nearly 35 years after its launch, the Hubble Space Telescope is still revealing new things about the cosmos. In a newly released series of images, scientists used Hubble to probe a quasar 2.5 billion light-years away. The results deepen our understanding of how these mysterious objects develop — but also reveal “weird things” in the […]

Entertainment

See ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Will Forte Cover ‘Hot to Go!’ at Thundergong!

Jason Sudeikis and Flavor Flav also cover Public Enemy’s “Bring the Noise” Saturday at all-star Kansas City concert “Weird Al” Yankovic and Will Forte performed a (surprisingly straightforward) rendition of Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go!” Saturday at Jason Sudeikis’ annual Thundergong! benefit concert in Kansas City. While Yankovic is known to either skewer or polka-fy […]