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In 2025, Popular Science continued our mission to demystify our weird world for millions of readers. We debunked myths about ...

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New research sharpens understanding of the hidden symmetry in a mysterious superconductor. Superconductors are materials that ...

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December 31, 2025 • The final episode of fifth season of the Netflix series Stranger Things is out this week, and the concept of a wormhole figures largely into it. While the show is a work of fiction ...

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Materials science is an interdisciplinary field concerned with the understanding and application of the properties of matter. Materials scientists study the connections between the underlying ...

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