1+ hour, 20+ min ago (656+ words) Walmart has deep discounts on every category of laptop during its Black Friday sale. Get a full-on gaming rig for $599. The post Walmart's Black Friday laptop deals just dropped and they include gaming rigs under $600 appeared first on Popular Science. Walmart's Black Friday laptop deals are live, and the big blue retailer has some solid deals on all types of machines. We're seeing genuinely solid configs165Hz gaming laptops under $600, AI-powered workstations for $500, and budget daily drivers that actually do what you need them to do. The original prices here represent the typical elevated MSRP prices, but the models listed here are actual solid buys. Acer Nitro V 15.6" 165Hz Gaming Laptop $599 (was $929) [Acer Nitro V laptop on sale for Black Friday] This is a full-on gaming machine for $599. Acer's Nitro V line is built for 1080p gaming, and this config hits the sweet spot....

17+ hour, 9+ min ago (208+ words) " The 121 best Amazon Black Friday tech and gadget deals " Published Nov 24, 2025 4:35 PM EST With five heating zones and dual-control settings for different areas of your body, this jacket is built for people who actually spend time outside in the cold. Think tailgates, job sites, or winter hikes. You can dial in more warmth in your core while keeping the sleeves cooler, and the included battery helps it double as an everyday softshell when the heat is off. ORORO Heated Gloves (Rechargeable) " $83.99 (was $119.99) Cold hands are usually the first thing to ruin a winter day, and these rechargeable heated gloves are a simple fix. They combine insulation with electric heating elements, so you can keep feeling in your fingers while skiing, shoveling, or just scraping the car in the morning, without having to stuff disposable hand warmers into your pockets. ORORO…...

46+ min ago (218+ words) " The 121 best Amazon Black Friday tech and gadget deals " Published Nov 25, 2025 8:58 AM EST This VIZIO handles HDR content and smart TV basics without overthinking it'solid pick if you need a big screen for the living room or basement. It typically sells for $448, so you're saving $200 off the actual regular price rather than calculating the discount off of an artificially inflated number. The Executor is Darth Vader's flagship, and at $40, this set is legitimately cheap for a Star Wars build. It's a display piece more than a playset, but if you're into the Imperial fleet, this one's hard to pass up at this price. This is how you get the good ice. This Frigidaire pumps out 33 pounds a day, which is plenty for a household that goes through ice fast. It's countertop-sized and doesn't need a water line, so setup is…...

16+ hour, 17+ min ago (1191+ words) Tony Ware is Managing Editor, Gear & Commerce for PopSci.com. He's been writing about how to make and break music since the mid-'90s when his college newspaper said they already had a film critic, but maybe he wanted to look through the free promo CDs. Immediately hooked on outlining intangibles, he's covered everything audio for countless alt. weeklies, international magazines, websites, and heated bar trivia contests ever since. He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and an 8-pound Aussie Shepherd-Japanese Chin mix who loves exploring national parks and impressing the thru-hikers. If you've been thinking about upgrading your audio setup'whether that's for New Release Fridays, movie night, outdoor runs, late-night gaming, or dialing in studio-grade sound'this batch of deals covers just about every scenario. From pocketable gaming buds to open-ear runners and serious audiophile cans, we've collected the standout picks…...

23+ hour, 7+ min ago (386+ words) Evidence from a prehistoric cave system indicates non-ritualistic cannibalism of Neanderthal women and children. The post The Neanderthals who ate their neighbors appeared first on Popular Science. Neanderthals have received a necessary historical revision over the last few decades. Although many previous depictions presented our long-lost relative as a dimwitted evolutionary misfire, paleoarchaeological evidence now shows they were creative, artistic, and technologically proficient hominins. However, this more accurate picture isn't entirely pretty. Judging from ancient evidence recovered from a cave in Belgium, at least some Neanderthal communities engaged in selective cannibalism. The findings originate from inside the Goyet Caves, a series of interconnected cliffside caverns located about 40 miles southeast of Brussels. Hominin usage of the cave system ranges from around 120,000 to 4,000 years ago, yielding diverse remains and artifacts from both early humans as well as Neanderthals. In the case of…...

17+ hour, 45+ min ago (292+ words) " The 121 best Amazon Black Friday tech and gadget deals " Published Nov 24, 2025 3:59 PM EST Bigfoot remains firmly in the realm of cryptozoology, along with the likes of the Loch Ness monster. However, its pursuers often are not the stereotypical crackpots depicted across pop culture. According to two social scientists, they frequently rely on widely accepted, reliable methods and tools to search for the elusive Sasquatch. "They spend weekends, weeks, and even months in the field. This work is skillful behavior, as they need to detect, collect and analyze the merest traces, remnants and residues of the presence of an unknown-to-science animal," Cardiff University researcher Jamie Lewis said in a recent profile. "Skeptics might believe that Bigfooters are rejecting science by chasing an animal whose existence has never been proved. But what my interviews showed were the ways in which Bigfooters draw…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago (189+ words) " The 121 best Amazon Black Friday tech and gadget deals " Published Nov 25, 2025 8:24 AM EST Dyson makes impressive home appliances, but they're not cheap. Walmart just dropped its full-on Black Friday deals and that includes year-low prices on Dyson vacuums and air purifiers. These prices likely won't get any lower if you wait, so you might as well just grab what you want now and make your home more comfortable with the power of engineering. The V15 Detect features a laser that reveals microscopic dust on hard floors, plus an acoustic piezo sensor that counts and measures particles to offer a deep cleaning. Its LCD screen displays real-time data about what you're picking up, particle counts, and remaining run time. Dyson's bladeless tower fan delivers powerful airflow without the buffeting effect of traditional fans. The AM07 is 60% quieter than its predecessor while projecting smooth,…...

4+ hour, 44+ min ago (426+ words) " The 121 best Amazon Black Friday tech and gadget deals " Published Nov 25, 2025 5:00 AM EST The major turning points occur at ages:" From infancy through early childhood, the brain is defined by network consolidation. All of the connectors between neurons called synapses that were overproduced in a baby's brain whittle down. The more active synapses survive, shaping the brain's early architecture." Across the whole brain, these connections rewire in the same pattern from birth until about nine years old. Meanwhile, the brain's grey and white matter grow rapidly in volume. The childhood brain runs from birth up until a turning point at the age of nine. Here, the brain is experiencing a change in cognitive capacity, but also an increased risk of mental health disorders." "Around the age of 32, we see the most directional changes in wiring and largest overall shift in…...

16+ hour, 9+ min ago (412+ words) Andrew Paul is Popular Science's staff writer focused primarily on tech, AI, physics, and culture news. He was previously a regular contributor to The A.V. Club and Input, and has been featured by Rolling Stone, Fangoria, GQ, Slate, NBC, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and elsewhere. He lives outside Indianapolis. Voyager 1 is one of humanity's most poignant and remarkable technological achievements. Over the course of its nearly half century odyssey, the probe has glimpsed the gas giant Saturn, passed the threshold for interstellar space, and continually sets the bar for our furthest traveling human-made object. But based on NASA's projections, Voyager 1 is less than a year away from reaching yet another milestone. On November 15, 2026, the spacecraft will officially be one light-day from Earth. Astronomers frequently measure distances across the universe in light-years given the incomprehensible size of the cosmos. As far as physicists…...

43+ min ago (741+ words) " The 121 best Amazon Black Friday tech and gadget deals " Published Nov 25, 2025 9:01 AM EST Image: supersizer / Getty Images Pine is one of those scents that can change a room, and your mood, in an instant. One whiff, and suddenly you're transported to a world of woodsy snowscapes, twinkling lights, a fresh-cut tree shedding needles in your childhood living room. The scent feels soothing and joyful'but why? Turns out the answer has less to do with what's inside the tree, and everything to do with what's inside us." "There is nothing that is in pine that has any specific, inherent pharmacological influence at all on humans," says Dr. Rachel Herz, a neuroscientist at Brown University and an expert on the psychological science of smell. "The way it works is through learned associations. If I have associated the smell of pine with relaxation,…...