![How do chatbots work? How do chatbots work?](png/sdfsdfafd660.png)
Ask Us Anything
PopSci editors answer your most-outlandish, mind-burning questions, from the ordinary to the off-the-wall.
Latest Ask Us Anything Stories
![How do chatbots work? How do chatbots work?](png/sdfsdfafd660.png)
![Will we ever be able to trust health advice from an AI? Will we ever be able to trust health advice from an AI?](jpg/2311_popsci_ai_doctor_finald660.jpg)
Will we ever be able to trust health advice from an AI?
![Here’s what really happens when you pull a muscle Here’s what really happens when you pull a muscle](jpg/tttvffoff3seentewmqazoqmiu-e1684945372451d660.jpg)
Here’s what really happens when you pull a muscle
![How is Voyager’s vintage technology still flying? How is Voyager’s vintage technology still flying?](png/voyagerd660.png)
How is Voyager’s vintage technology still flying?
![Inside the search for the best way to save humanity’s data Inside the search for the best way to save humanity’s data](jpg/infinity-17_1d660.jpg)
Inside the search for the best way to save humanity’s data
![Viagra and the abortion pill can treat multiple illnesses. But how? Viagra and the abortion pill can treat multiple illnesses. But how?](jpg/pill_17_1d660.jpg)
Viagra and the abortion pill can treat multiple illnesses. But how?
![Let’s talk about how planes fly Let’s talk about how planes fly](jpg/josue-isai-ramos-figueroa-n2nbgix3a28-unsplashd660.jpg)
Let’s talk about how planes fly
![Does playing devil’s advocate do more harm than good? Does playing devil’s advocate do more harm than good?](jpg/aua_devilsadvocated660.jpg)
Does playing devil’s advocate do more harm than good?
![How astronauts pull off dangerous spacewalks How astronauts pull off dangerous spacewalks](jpg/aua_spacewalkd660.jpg)
How astronauts pull off dangerous spacewalks
![4 of the most extreme amusement park rides on the planet 4 of the most extreme amusement park rides on the planet](jpg/aua_rollercoasterd660.jpg)
4 of the most extreme amusement park rides on the planet
![Voyagers made it to Hawaiʻi thousands of years ago with no compasses. Here’s how. Voyagers made it to Hawaiʻi thousands of years ago with no compasses. Here’s how.](jpg/aua_profiled660.jpg)
Voyagers made it to Hawaiʻi thousands of years ago with no compasses. Here’s how.
![Deadly and delicious: These 6 foods can actually kill you Deadly and delicious: These 6 foods can actually kill you](jpg/aua_fugud660.jpg)
Deadly and delicious: These 6 foods can actually kill you
![Why do we love watching people defy death? Why do we love watching people defy death?](jpg/aua_bigqd660.jpg)
Why do we love watching people defy death?
![Why some people find pimple popping so grossly satisfying Why some people find pimple popping so grossly satisfying](jpg/woman-pimple-poppingd660.jpg)
Why some people find pimple popping so grossly satisfying
![We finally know why we grow wisdom teeth as adults We finally know why we grow wisdom teeth as adults](jpg/depositphotos_60765215_xl-scaledd660.jpg)
We finally know why we grow wisdom teeth as adults
![Do we still need to save the bees? Do we still need to save the bees?](jpg/depositphotos_84699120_ld660.jpg)
Do we still need to save the bees?
Featured In Ask Us Anything
![What would happen if the Earth started to spin faster? What would happen if the Earth started to spin faster?](jpg/how-fast-earth-spind660.jpg)
What would happen if the Earth started to spin faster?
![What happens if you eat too many Tums? What happens if you eat too many Tums?](jpg/jp6hq2dj3qhw3w3cuzoim4v2l4d660.jpg)
What happens if you eat too many Tums?
![Ask Us Anything: What happens to your body when you die in space? Ask Us Anything: What happens to your body when you die in space?](jpg/kexb3d3n4qroq6yaddxgxgdgz4d660.jpg)
Ask Us Anything: What happens to your body when you die in space?
![Which Organs Can I Live Without, And How Much Cash Can I Get For Them? Which Organs Can I Live Without, And How Much Cash Can I Get For Them?](jpg/446hdzwjqvsnfk2r2wj43wf7o4d660.jpg)
Which Organs Can I Live Without, And How Much Cash Can I Get For Them?
![Why do my muscles ache the day after a big workout? Why do my muscles ache the day after a big workout?](jpg/bpgxvq7dajyoqi6tt2fpqtaj3ad660.jpg)
Why do my muscles ache the day after a big workout?
![Is there a single food that you can survive on forever? Is there a single food that you can survive on forever?](jpg/hai-nguyen-lszfnpvzjtw-unsplashd660.jpg)
Is there a single food that you can survive on forever?
![Why your UTI keeps coming back Why your UTI keeps coming back](jpg/vypi5zdeeqsd3h5wzaxuyn6qq4d660.jpg)
Why your UTI keeps coming back
![Can you overdose on weed? Can you overdose on weed?](jpg/aua_weed_overdosed660.jpg)
Can you overdose on weed?
![Kids are onto something: Homework might actually be bad Kids are onto something: Homework might actually be bad](jpg/ym_homeworkd660.jpg)
Kids are onto something: Homework might actually be bad
![Did food taste better 50 years ago? Did food taste better 50 years ago?](jpg/aua_applesd660.jpg)
Did food taste better 50 years ago?
![FYI: How Many Different Ways Can a Chess Game Unfold? FYI: How Many Different Ways Can a Chess Game Unfold?](jpg/kvqzut2fqp3fcjp32qb4if74yad660.jpg)
FYI: How Many Different Ways Can a Chess Game Unfold?
![Are Acid Flashbacks A Myth? Are Acid Flashbacks A Myth?](png/soqzopmmooke6z4m4mkpgv3fvyd660.png)