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13 incredible photos of America’s 1976 bicentennial celebration
5 June 2026 @ 3:45 pm
From massive firework displays to grocery store banners.
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JWST spots dormant black hole 10 billion light-years from Earth
5 June 2026 @ 2:57 pm
It's the farthest object of its kind ever seen by astronomers.
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NASA wastewater system will turn human poop into plant food
5 June 2026 @ 1:42 pm
University of North Dakota grad students will test the system that's destined for the moon.
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Scotland’s ancient human-made islands are dripping with secrets
5 June 2026 @ 1:00 pm
Crannogs may have been built by the country's early inhabitants some 4,000 years ago.
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World’s largest blanket fort built at Las Vegas community center
4 June 2026 @ 6:34 pm
The 14,103-square-foot engineering marvel and Guinness world record holder filled a basketball court.
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Velociraptor’s cousin flew like a flying squirrel
4 June 2026 @ 5:39 pm
Four 'wings' helped the crow-sized avian dinosaur glide.
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Eaglets Sandy and Luna spend their first night alone on the nest
4 June 2026 @ 3:07 pm
But don’t worry, mama Jackie slept not too far away.
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Popular Science Proven: How our editors choose products worth your money
4 June 2026 @ 3:00 pm
We test hundreds of products a year here in the PopSci Goods lab and only the ones that truly deliver earn the right to wear the Proven badge.
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Humans really did move Stonehenge’s six-ton centerpiece
4 June 2026 @ 2:35 pm
Melting ice age glaciers could't have moved Altar Stone alone.
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World’s biggest scorpions were the size of baseball bats
4 June 2026 @ 1:27 pm
‘Praearcturus gigas’ stalked present-day England and Wales 415 million years ago.
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