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DIY Paradise at Maker Faire

The annual Bay Area carnival attracts the best Makers in the land. See what caught our eye this year

We're back from this weekend's Maker Faire, the third-annual event in San Mateo, CA . Our friends at Make continue to up the ante, bringing DIYers from far and wide to show off their projects at the ultimate geek county fair.

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PopSci’s Guide to Sci-Tech Summer Movies

From the gadgets in Get Smart to the gamma rays in The Hulk, we rate the scientific jargon quotient of the summer's hottest flicks

It’s blockbuster season, and that means mad scientists, angry robots and a certain flexibility with the laws of physics. Here’s our guide to movies made especially with PopSci fans in mind. In it, a roundup of the season's best (and worst) geek candy, along with our “expected gibberish quotient,” so you’ll know which lines are pure comedy—even if no one else is laughing.

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