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# Popular Science: Awe\-inspiring science reporting, technology news, and DIY projects\. Skunks to space robots, primates to climates\. That's Popular Science, 150 years strong\.

> Awe\-inspiring science reporting, technology news, and DIY projects\. Skunks to space robots, primates to climates\. That's Popular Science, 152 years strong\.

## Posts
- [Lead has been poisoning humans for over 2 million years](https://www.popsci.com/science/lead-poisoning-human-evolution/)
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- [Mario's super\-sized mushroom exists in real life](https://www.popsci.com/science/real-mushrooms-super-mario/)

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