Musk tweeted in January that the rocket formerly known as BFR would be built of stainless rather than carbon fiber. In this exclusive interview, he tells PM Editor in Chief Ryan D'Agostino why. | Continue reading
New, more efficient twin-engine jets like the Boeing 787 and Airbus A350 are taking over more and more transoceanic routes. But what happens when one engine fails thousands of miles from civilization? | Continue reading
Hope you love looking at giant Big Macs in the sky. | Continue reading
The BMW-powered Vixen 21 must have been amazing at the 1986 Detroit Auto Show, because it still is today. | Continue reading
DMC’s headquarters doubles as a restoration garage and storage for thousands of original three-decade-old DeLorean parts. Soon, it will become an assembly hall for the revamped DeLorean. | Continue reading
Neanderthals and their Denisovan cousins likely formed a new species, an A.I. says. That muddies human evolution even further. | Continue reading
A new study finds that 60 percent of species of coffee could go away—with potential collateral to your morning cup of joe. | Continue reading
There are plenty of counter-drone weapons to choose from, but all of them have shortcomings. | Continue reading
A long-simmering crisis for deep space missions ends before it could become a problem. | Continue reading
Critics argue it’s not the best idea anyone ever came up with. Here’s why. | Continue reading
X literally marks the spot for U.S.-made Patriot missile batteries. | Continue reading
The APM 200 by Equipmake, which will appear in the 2020 Ariel Hipercar, uses a clever trick of engineering to deal with the heat generated by an electric motor. | Continue reading
Technology was supposed to be the solution. Instead, it added to the problem. | Continue reading
One small amoeba found a solution to the traveling salesman problem faster than our best algorithms. What does it know that we don't? | Continue reading
Grave Digger has been thrilling monster truck fans for more than 30 years. Here's what makes it such a beast. | Continue reading
It had big stars, it foretold virtual reality, and the director was the special-effects wizard behind 2001: A Space Odyssey. So why have you never heard of this movie? | Continue reading
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is stunning, sprawling, cruel, addictive, and free. | Continue reading
A proposal to spray particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and lower temperatures is actually getting the green light. | Continue reading
There’s a push underway to release more data about things the Pentagon is tracking in orbit. It’s a sign of things to come as Uncle Sam tries to make space a more friendly place for business. | Continue reading
We'll need to be mining a dozen times as many metals to meet demand for wind turbines and solar panels by 2050. | Continue reading
He attempted to do 'The Robot' but is not an actual robot, sadly. | Continue reading
Kīlauea's eruption was the worst the United States has seen since Mount St. Helens. | Continue reading
Israeli and Turkish military bases are now helpfully identified by big blurry blocks. | Continue reading
T-HR3 is designed for healthcare, not for fighting (yet). | Continue reading
The newest hacker community in the United States is nowhere near Silicon Valley. | Continue reading
The X-59 is about as loud as a car door slamming when it breaks the sound barrier. | Continue reading
Is "The Sentry" a glimpse into the future of apocalyptic firefighting? | Continue reading
Mercedes' parent company disassembled and stress-tested a rented Model X, leaving a German couple on the hook for damages. | Continue reading
A New Chinese Missile Could Cripple American Air Power | Continue reading
The U-2 was no place for a Number Two. | Continue reading
Aristotle called it the fifth element. Alchemists thought it was the key to the philosopher’s stone. Scientists believed it was the stuff light moved through. But it never existed at all. | Continue reading
The view of the resurgent U.S. spaceflight is raising alarms across the Atlantic. | Continue reading
Adaptive optics is the future of astronomy. | Continue reading
The iconic music player is back and ready to inexplicably do cruel things to a llama. | Continue reading
The Tesla and SpaceX maestro is under attack for bad tweets, production woes, and strange behavior. But we need people who take risks. We need people who try. | Continue reading
Drones can do significantly more damage than bird strikes. | Continue reading
Password alternatives are gaining momentum. | Continue reading
Well, that's one way to get rid of an invasive species. | Continue reading
Obscure radio stations reciting weird strings of words and numbers allow spy agencies to talk to their spies in broad daylight. | Continue reading
A Marine Corps Joint Strike Fighter engaged a Taliban target in Afghanistan. | Continue reading
Robots now churn manipulated information on social media and soon will learn how to create it. In the future, it will take an AI to detect an AI. | Continue reading
A young Air Force intelligence officer is championing the development of human beings who will use artificial intelligence and big data to change warfare. | Continue reading
In a first, a net was able to track down its target in space. | Continue reading
Staff have been evacuated and the FBI has sent agents and a Blackhawk helicopter to the site, without telling anyone what's going on. | Continue reading
The form factor Apple once hailed as 'common sense' is dead. | Continue reading
Millions of pounds of unexploded bombs rest at the bottom of the gulf, and nobody knows where they are. | Continue reading
Is the early hour a magical time for productivity—or just pure misery? | Continue reading