In 2010, Christopher Havens was sentenced to 25 years for murder. In 2020, his work in number theory was published in an academic journal. | Continue reading
Imagine charging your Apple Watch with ... yourself. | Continue reading
It will fire 1 trillion watts of energy in 1 quadrillionth of a second. | Continue reading
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The secret is incredibly simple. | Continue reading
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A smooth landing with no power. | Continue reading
Warfare will soon pit humans and machines against each other. The U.S. wants to be ready. | Continue reading
They add to noise pollution while failing to prevent car theft. It's time for them to go. | Continue reading
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The president-elect will have to sweat somewhere else. | Continue reading
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We've seen that episode of Black Mirror. | Continue reading
They pack 10 percent of the power of a full-size nuclear plant in just 1 percent of the space. | Continue reading
A new discovery suggests life on Earth began much differently than we thought. | Continue reading
At 100 million degrees, that's easily a world record for fusion. | Continue reading
That guy was legit. | Continue reading
Your solar panels are about to get a lot better. | Continue reading
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This missile system is designed to reach up and smash enemy satellites in orbit. | Continue reading
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Forget what you thought you knew about the universe. | Continue reading
The U.S. Intelligence Community has known about the mysterious object for two years. What could it be? | Continue reading
It's go time for the Far East's most formidable fusion reactor. | Continue reading
Whoops. | Continue reading
Here's our best hope for hypersonic flight yet: the sodramjet. | Continue reading
A deep look at how, after someone dies, we figure out why. | Continue reading
This could be huge. It also could be nothing. | Continue reading
This could be huge. It also could be nothing. | Continue reading
A landmark study shows this age-old tech is the key. | Continue reading
This is the story of what happens to a culture when its attitudes about memorializing the dead undergo a revolution. | Continue reading
The experiment settles a long-simmering question of physics. | Continue reading
Pro: The government has backed this controversial thruster. Con: It *does* violate physics. | Continue reading
Lasers will help older fighters stay alive while flying the deadly skies. | Continue reading
In May 1992, Popular Mechanics reported on the bright future of wing-in-ground craft, known in Russian ekranoplane. That future never came. | Continue reading
The cereal box toy whistle inspired the development of a device that would seriously inspire Apple founders. | Continue reading
At the dawn of the automotive industry, carmakers were already tinkering with hybrid designs. Perhaps the most interesting in Jay Leno's Garage is the Owen Magnetic, a hybrid car far ahead of its timewhich proved its undoing. | Continue reading
It looks a lot like a stealthy bomber, but that's not what it is. | Continue reading
If you thought the Joint Strike Fighter was already in production, you're technically wrong. | Continue reading
So ... who is using all that data? | Continue reading
Enjoy your lengthy stay in this underground survival condo. | Continue reading
It may sound crazy, but it's based on science. | Continue reading
Big guns made battleships obsolete decades ago. But what if the very same weapon that killed them ultimately ushers in their return? | Continue reading