The much-anticipated sci-fi film Project Hail Mary is out in theaters today. In it, light-eating alien microbes sap the sun’s ...

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It’s been a minute since we’ve had a big screen space epic that’s as fun as it is awe inspiring. The last memorable one might ...

Few things are better than ice cream you've made yourself. (John Kennedy/) Welcome to PopSci’s at-home science projects series. On weekdays at noon, we’ll be posting new projects that use ingredients ...

Ahead of the film adaptation’s release, Weir talked to Popular Mechanics about creating accurate sci-fi tech, protagonist Ryland Grace, and more.