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Train ride in Alaska by Stan Horaczek

Seven tips for shooting nature photos with your smartphone camera

By Stan Horaczek

Cat at computer.

The best ways to make your own GIFs

By Mallory Johns

How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation

How to avoid bringing bed bugs home from vacation

By Nancy Troyano / Working Mother

YouTube add-ons and tricks to improve your watching

Make a copy of this common office plant

By Mary Beth Griggs

The fastest way to chill your beer

The fastest way to chill your beer

By Sara Chodosh

Make instant slushies with supercooling

Make instant slushies with supercooling

By Marissa Shieh

5 outdoor games you can build yourself

5 outdoor games you can build yourself

By Sophie Bushwick

The best travel apps to install on your phone

The most efficient way to brush and floss

The most efficient way to brush and floss

By Claire Maldarelli

20 helpful Google Home commands to try

20 helpful Google Home commands to try

How to become a Lego master builder

How to become a Lego master builder

This is why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl

This is why you should beat egg whites in a copper bowl

By Sara Chodosh

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

Surprising things you can clean in the dishwasher

By Sophie Bushwick and Billy Cadden

How to make the best protest sign

How to make the best protest sign

By Sophie Bushwick

Three (very) young inventors using 3D printing to change the world

By Jason Lederman

The Amazon Echo and Echo Dot

20 helpful Amazon Echo voice commands for you to try

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

The easiest way to kick your caffeine habit

By Claire Maldarelli

The scientifically best way to sweep a floor

The scientifically best way to sweep a floor

Da Vinci’s Architronito

How to build a steam-powered cannon invented by Da Vinci

By William Gurstelle

How to not die in a blizzard

How to not die in a blizzard

By Sara Chodosh

How to recycle your phone no matter where you live

How to recycle your phone no matter where you live

cat sits next to scratching post

Keep your cat overlord happy with this easy DIY scratching post

How to fix a leaky faucet

How to fix a leaky faucet

How to survive the ‘Little House’ books

How to survive the ‘Little House’ books

By Sophie Bushwick

Erasing graffiti

How to erase permanent-marker graffiti

By Sophie Bushwick

How to make a survival whistle from a soup can

How to make a survival whistle from a soup can

By Eleanor Cummins

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Jobs at Popular Science: Now hiring an Editorial Assistant

By Popular Science Team

Photograph the night sky with your phone

How to photograph the night sky on a phone

By Sophie Bushwick

Portable garden

Build a DIY garden you can bring on the road

By Mary Beth Griggs

A DIY version of Galileo's telescope

How to build a DIY replica of Galileo’s telescope

By Michael Koziol

DIY Sonic Tractor Beam

Now you can 3D print your own sonic tractor beam

By Sophie Bushwick

A sextant made from junk

How to make a sextant from random junk

By Sophie Bushwick

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit

Here’s what’s inside the modern explorer’s survival kit

By Sara Chodosh and Peter Hess

These brothers built a mine-sweeping drone

These brothers built a mine-sweeping drone

By Coby McDonald

Here’s how to wrap a spherical gift, according to scientists

Here’s how to wrap a spherical gift, according to scientists

By Sophie Bushwick

How to build a DIY solar oven

Cockroach tea and cricket crepes: How to add (delicious) bugs to your diet

Cockroach tea and cricket crepes: How to add (delicious) bugs to your diet

By Rachel Feltman

How to sharpen your kitchen knives

How to sharpen your kitchen knives

By Sara Chodosh

Ace Of Cakes Duff Goldman talks cake hacking

Ace Of Cakes Duff Goldman talks cake hacking

How to actually, for real turn off social media this weekend

How to actually, for real turn off social media this weekend

By Sophie Bushwick

These Musical Instruments Play With Fire

By Jeremy S. Cook

This Cop Turned A Helicopter Into An Amphibious Racecar

This Cop Turned A Helicopter Into An Amphibious Racecar

By Andrew Rosenblum

Bend A Laser Beam With This Easy, Physics-Defying Experiment

Bend A Laser Beam With This Easy, Physics-Defying Experiment

A Device For The Deaf That Lets You “Listen” With Your Skin

By Claire Maldarelli

Should You Build Your Own EpiPen?

Should You Build Your Own EpiPen?

A Boy And His Trebuchet

Build Your Own Mini Medieval Siege Weapon

By William Gurstelle

Why We Always Get Sick While Traveling – And How To Prevent It

Why We Always Get Sick While Traveling – And How To Prevent It

Decorate Your Desk With This DIY Personal Sky Puppet

Decorate Your Desk With This DIY Personal Sky Puppet

By William Gurstelle

Build A Self-Propelled Magnet ‘Car’

Build A Self-Propelled Magnet ‘Car’

By Annabel Edwards

Swedish Man Builds Flying Chair With Eight Rotors

Swedish Man Builds Flying Chair With Eight Rotors

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Umbrella Drones Float Through The Air Like Jellyfish

Umbrella Drones Float Through The Air Like Jellyfish

A giant computer fills an entire living room

This Guy Built A Room-Sized Computer Because He Felt Like It

By Coby McDonald

Only You Can Lift This DIY Hammer Of Thor

Only You Can Lift This DIY Hammer Of Thor

Your Toolbox Is Calling

Your Toolbox Is Calling

How To Build A Wearable Walking Desk

By Sean Michael Ragan

Turn A PVC Tube Into A Passive Amp

Turn A PVC Tube Into A Passive Amp

By Jeremy S. Cook

Warm, flat, minty Coke

The ‘Diet Coke And Mentos’ Guys Are Still At It 10 Years Later

By Jason Lederman

How To Make Alcoholic Glowsticks—That Won’t Explode

How To Make Alcoholic Glowsticks—That Won’t Explode

This 18-Year-Old Invented A Coffee Mug That Can Charge Your Phone

The Legacy Of ‘Mythbusters’: A Q&A With Adam Savage

The Legacy Of ‘Mythbusters’: A Q&A With Adam Savage

Omni Hoverboard

Finally, A Hoverboard That Actually Flies

By Alyssa Favreau

prototype design illustration

The inventor’s handbook

By Rachel Nuwer

Control DIY Projects With Your Mind

Control DIY Projects With Your Mind

By Claire Maldarelli