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Game of Drones

Illustrations by Studio MUTI Most pilots enjoy keeping their drones airborne. Marque Cornblatt, who studied digital art before turning to robotics, has different pleasure centers in his brain.

Happy Birthday, Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Supernova Remnant G292.0+1.8 One of four new images from Chandra. NASA/CXC/SAO The Space Shuttle Columbia carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into space on July 23, 1999.

Leishmania Parasite: Deadly For Humans, Good For Flies

This is a sand fly, an insect which spreads leishmaniasis. Rod Dillon No human would be inclined to think favorably of leishmaniasis, caused by a parasite spread by sand flies, which infects about 12 million people worldwide and kills 20,000 to 30,000 per year. Leishmaniasis comes in two basic forms, cutaneous and visceral.

An Animated Avatar Could Screen Humans For National Security

The Avatar Tested for National Security Interviews NCAA When the paperwork at your doctor's office asks you how much alcohol you drink, do you write down the truth?

Why DARPA Wants An Experimental Spaceplane

Artist's Concept for an Experimental Spaceplane DARPA So DARPA wants a reusable spaceplane. I mean, who doesn't?

"Night's Slow Poison"

"Night's Slow Poison" by Ann Leckie Illustration by Lisa Kay This is an excerpt from Popular Science's special issue, Dispatches From The Future.

Introducing Our First Sci-Fi Special Issue For The iPad

Dispatches from the Future Download a copy from iTunes. Popular Science We love science fiction here at Popular Science.

Could This Old Warplane Really Shoot Down MH17?

An Su-25 In Flight Wikimedia Commons Following the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over separatist-held eastern Ukraine, Russian state-owned media started focusing a lot on a strange little plane. The Sukhoi Su-25 "Frogfoot" is a jet fighter from the late Cold War, designed to support ground troops from closer overhead, and in the MH17 tragedy, what the Su-25 can and can't do is a centerpiece of Russian denials.

101-Year-Old Citizen Scientist Has Called In Weather Observations Every Day For 84 Years

Richard Hendrickson Takes a Weather Measurement, 2008 NOAA Generations before anyone came up with the idea of "citizen science," an 18-year-old Richard Hendrickson called in his first weather report to what was then the U.S.

World's Largest Aquatic Insect Reportedly Found In China

Sweet dreams This is reportedly a giant Dobsonfly, the world's largest, with a wingspan of 21 centimeters (8.3 inches), large enough to cover your face.

Here's Our Original Coverage of Apollo 11

Forty-five years ago, on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made the first footprints on the Moon, and it was epic. Popular Science covered this enormous achievement with an article by Wernher von Braun– a German-born engineer, now known as "The Father of Rocket Science," who built the Saturn V launch vehicle that brought Apollo to the Moon.

Uncontacted Amazonian Tribe Voluntarily Contacts Scientists, Catches Flu

Amazon Rainforest This photo was taken near the city of Manaus, Brazil, which is northeast of the Acre region discussed below.

How Climate Science Gets Done In The Icy Fjords of Greenland

View from an Iceberg Magnus Petersen and Dave Porter prepare to lower a temperature-depth-salinity sensor into a fjord near the village of Kullorsuaq, as part of a study into changing conditions where Greenland's melting glaciers meet the ocean.

MERS Virus May Be Able To Spread Through The Air

Dromedary camels, which can carry MERS. Wilson44691 via Wikimedia Commons Research strongly suggests that camels carry Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a viral illness that has sickened nearly 700 and killed at least 209 people as of early June, according to the latest update from the World Health Organization.

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Game of Drones

Happy Birthday, Chandra X-Ray Observatory

Leishmania Parasite: Deadly For Humans, Good For Flies

An Animated Avatar Could Screen Humans For National Security

Why DARPA Wants An Experimental Spaceplane

"Night's Slow Poison"

Introducing Our First Sci-Fi Special Issue For The iPad

Could This Old Warplane Really Shoot Down MH17?

101-Year-Old Citizen Scientist Has Called In Weather Observations Every Day For 84 Years

World's Largest Aquatic Insect Reportedly Found In China

Here's Our Original Coverage of Apollo 11

Uncontacted Amazonian Tribe Voluntarily Contacts Scientists, Catches Flu

How Climate Science Gets Done In The Icy Fjords of Greenland

MERS Virus May Be Able To Spread Through The Air

How To Watch An Animal Develop Cell By Cell

Could Lasers Be The Future Of Anti-Missile Weapons?

U.K. Supermarket To Run On Electricity Made From Its Own Rotting Food

Welcome To The Lab Of An Apollo Computer Anatomist

Ask Anything: Can Humans Smell Fear?

Tiny Traps Capture Individual Blood Cells

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