Colonies of penguins like these make the Ross Sea and its surroundings their home. Though it might appear barren, the Ross Sea is sometimes referred to as the polar Garden of Eden. Krill, like the one seen here, form one of the basis of the food web in the Southern …

The FBI has announced that it is investigating newly discovered messages related to Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. According to The New York Times, these emails were found in the course of the agency’s investigation of the former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner and the longtime Clinton …

This week we asked our Politics & Policy Daily readers what they thought the presidential candidates should be for Halloween, and we got a number of great responses. Thanks to everyone—and there were several—who suggested Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump simply dress as each other to achieve peak scariness. But …

Amid a fired up sea of supporters chanting “Lock her up!” with renewed vigor, a freshly emboldened Donald Trump took to the campaign stump on Friday afternoon in New Hampshire, moments after the FBI announced it was reviewing new emails related to its investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email server. “This …

Technology is really a marvel. So often, as new advances come out that allow us to do things that were thought impossible in the past, we hear the phrase “The future is now.” Popular Science and XPRIZE are teaming up to explore and explain technologies like these in a video …

As Iraqi and Kurdish forces join US allies taking back Mosul, retreating Islamic State forces are setting fire to oil fields and other chemical facilities, burning some 5,000 barrels daily and blanketing the region in acrid smoke. Getty photographer Carl Court saw the devastation late last week while working 35 …

Going all the way back to poor John Henry, robots have proven that they can outperform humans. And now, researchers have designed a robot that would leave Patty and Selma gasping for air. Researchers studying the effects of cigarette smoke on our lungs have struggled to find a good model for …

The internet had infinite interpretations of a vaguely-worded letter FBI director James Comey sent to the House Judiciary Commitee Friday. In the letter, Comey said the FBI potentially had new email evidence related to its previous inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s email server and handling of classified data while at the …

On the Song Exploder podcast, host Hrishikesh Hirway talks to musicians who take apart their songs and, piece by piece, tell the stories of how they were made. Listen below. Hardcore band Oathbreaker formed in Ghent, Belgium in 2008; in this episode, group members Caro and Gilles break down the two-part song that …

Rehan Sadiq (left) and Kasun Hewage (right) Energy savings from preserving snow This diagram shows how snow is used to cool the county hospital in Sundsvall.