Do You *Really* Need to Wash Fruit Before You Eat It?

Does running an apple under tap water for two seconds actually *do* anything, or what? | Continue reading


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Robots Can Successfully Peer Pressure Children

A new study reveals that children are susceptible to peer pressure by robots, while adults remain immune. | Continue reading


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The U.S. Navy Is Having a Hell of a Time Dismantling the USS Enterprise

Nobody has ever disposed of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier before. Turns out it's not easy. | Continue reading


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Should the U.S. Air Force Bomb Forest Fires?

It sounds ridiculous, but it’s an idea that's grounded in physics. | Continue reading


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Underground Lake of Liquid Water Found on Mars

New evidence of water on Mars could be the best indication yet that liquid flows on the Red Planet. | Continue reading


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Life May Have Once Existed on the Moon

3.5 billion years ago, the moon could have had liquid water, an atmosphere, and even microbial life. | Continue reading


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Shipwreck Carrying Billions in Gold Rediscovered

The Dmitri Donskoii was scuttled off the coast of Korea. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk Is Mad His Mini-Submarine Didn't Help in Thai Cave Rescue

Elon Musk is NO happy that a British diver called his miniature submarine a "PR stunt" with no chance of working. | Continue reading


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The Entire History of Steel

From hunks of iron streaking through the sky, to the construction of skyscrapers and megastructures, this is the history of the world's greatest alloy. | Continue reading


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Why the Girl Scouts Are Learning to Pick Locks and Hack Computers

Forget cookies. America's Girl Scouts are learning to pick locks and hack computers as an inside track toward careers in science and tec | Continue reading


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So Long TNT, There's a New Explosive in Town

Bis-oxadiazole could replace TNT and other explosives in military ordnance. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 5 years ago

We Might Finally Know What Smacked Uranus Sideways

A planet twice the size of Earth gave our most unfortunately named planet its odd tilt. | Continue reading


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Scientists Are Sending Astronaut Mice to Space to Study Biology

To see how space will affect our internal biology, NASA is sending a team of rodent astronauts to space. | Continue reading


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How Ford's Largest Truck Factory Was Completely Overhauled in 8 Weeks

Ford tore down and retooled the legendary Rouge Factory to make way for the aluminum alloy 2015 F-150 | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 5 years ago

Bourbon vs. Bourbon: Did Whiskey Really Taste Better in the 1800s?

If you ship whiskey on a river, does it taste better? We wanted to know, so we ran an experiment. | Continue reading


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How Much Money Facebook Gets from Selling Your Data

Mark Zuckerberg is making bank on your information. | Continue reading


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What It Would Take to Build a Dyson Sphere

A ball around the sun to catch all its energy sounds great, but maybe there's a better way. | Continue reading


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How a Plucky Swedish Sub Took Out a US Carrier All on Its Own

In a war game, of course. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 5 years ago

This Crazy, Cheap Technology Can Turn Carbon Dioxide into Fuel

Scientists are working on a new method for creating carbon-neutral fuel that sounds like science fiction. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 5 years ago

All the Nuclear Missile Submarines in the World in One Chart

Only seven countries in the entire world deploy nuclear weapons at sea, an exclusive and deadly club. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 5 years ago

Belarus Invents Tank-Killing Quadcopter Drone

The four-propeller drone mounts a single shot anti-tank rocket launcher. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 5 years ago

Energy Department Proposes Forcing Utilities to Buy Coal Power

The proposal, outlined in a leaked memo, would require a supply of coal and nuclear power to protect the grid. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 5 years ago

The Fastest Supercomputer for Astronomy Comes Online in Japan

A giant parallel supercomputer, calculating three quadrillion operations per second, will create more detailed models of the cosmos than any before. | Continue reading


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The U.S. Air Force’s First Flying Wing Jet Flew Way Back in 1949

The YB-49 bomber never made it to production, but it inspired later bombers including the B-2A Spirit. | Continue reading


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The Last Shift: What Really Happened to Those Carrier Jobs Trump Saved

Carrier made air conditioners and other equipment at a plant in Indianapolis for 60 years. When they announced it was moving to Mexico, the president stepped in. A year later, this is what remains. | Continue reading


@popularmechanics.com | 5 years ago

15 Patents That Changed the World

The drone. The iPhone. Bluetooth. GPS. Before they changed the world, these technologies were schematics on paper. Here are the drawings where the future began. | Continue reading


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