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Hockey Gear Made to Measure
Engineering

Hockey Gear Made to Measure

By Matthew Jancer

3d printed heart
Engineering

How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine

By Steven Leckart

structural engineers making plans
Climate Change

Strong-Ties for a Sure House

By SURE HOUSE

person wearing POD
Biology

Spiders on Your Face and Other Student Biodesigns

By The BDC Editors

SUSIBA2: Rice That Fights Global Warming
Best of What's New

Engineering

By Reported by Elisia Guerena and Lois Parshley

Highlights from the Biodesign Challenge Summit
Biology

Highlights from the Biodesign Challenge Summit

By Daniel Grushkin

Patrick Mahomes wearing the new Oakley Kato sunglasses
Engineering

Oakley’s new frameless sunglasses are strong enough for Olympic athletes

By Stan Horaczek

The METL bike tire on a bike with the sky in the background
Engineering

These airless bike tires rely on a metal alloy designed for NASA rovers

By Stan Horaczek

This new gold nanomaterial is so thin, it’s considered 2D
Engineering

This new gold nanomaterial is so thin, it’s considered 2D

By Marion Renault

Hurricane Gilbert hospital ruins Jamiaca
Climate Change

This is how hospitals are preparing for hurricane season

By Eleanor Cummins

Nikken Sekkei BioSkin
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Nikken Sekkei BioSkin

By Popular Science Staff

Masha Krasnova-Shavaeva illustration
Engineering

This lightbulb is more than 100 years old—and it still works

By Claire Maldarelli

Masha Krasnova-Shavaeva illustration
Engineering

How NASA kept its Mars rovers alive long past their expiration dates

By Charlie Wood

A gold-colored mylar emergency blanket.
Engineering

The life-saving space blanket has humble origins

By Keith McCafferty/Field & Stream

gingerbread house
DIY

How to build a gingerbread house that won’t fall apart

By Sara Chodosh

Bjarke Ingels Group CopenHill
Announcements

The wildest engineering innovations of 2020

By Sara Chodosh and Andrew Rosenblum

Cobra King Supersport-35 3D printed putter
Engineering

Cobra 3D-printed its limited-edition putter with stainless steel

By Stan Horaczek

The finished cardboard robotic hand on someone's hand
DIY

Turn a boring box into a sweet working robotic hand

By Jonathan Adolph

In this microscopic image, Sphingomonas desiccabilis is growing on basalt.
Engineering

These rock-eating microbes could help us settle the Moon and Mars

By Paola Rosa-Aquino

Callaway Mavrik golf clubs.
Engineering

Callaway turned to AI and a supercomputer to fix your bad golf game

By Stan Horaczek

bowling ball interior
Engineering

The insides of pro bowling balls will make your head spin

By Stan Horaczek

An empty Fenway Stadium
COVID-19

Leagues scramble to replace the roar of the crowd as pro sports return

By Purbita Saha

Yamaha’s TD1-B
Engineering

Motorcycle makers have put a lot of work into killing bad vibrations

By Kevin Cameron/Cycle World

Hoover dam
COVID-19

Michigan’s dam failures are just a small part of America’s aging infrastructure problem

By Kat Eschner

Wes L. Cockx illustration
Engineering

Copper is the ultimate tool for innovation

By Grace Wade

air-based heat pump
Climate Change

How heat pumps can help fight global warming

By Ula Chrobak

McIntosh sound equipment
Audio

Inside America’s legendary audio gear factory

By Stan Horazek

dinner table
Engineering

It’s not just you: Restaurants have gotten too loud. But there are some fixes.

By Chris Berdik

Leica M10 Monochrom
Cameras

The new black-and-white Leica does things color cameras can’t

By Stan Horaczek

An external look at the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
Engineering

The Corvette is finally the supercar it deserves to be

By Dan Carney

Impossible plant based burger packaging
Announcements

The most important engineering innovations of 2019

By Andrew Rosenblum and Sara Chodosh

Illustration of a tent on a cliffside
Engineering

How do you build a tent that dangles a thousand feet up off a cliff?

By Rob Verger

McLaren Elva profile
Engineering

McLaren’s new sports car doesn’t need a roof, or even a windshield

By Dan Carney

First shifts with Aston Martin’s manual transmission Vantage AMR
Engineering

First shifts with Aston Martin’s manual transmission Vantage AMR

By Dan Carney

An inside look at the 2020 Corvette Stingray’s innovative chassis design
Engineering

An inside look at the 2020 Corvette Stingray’s innovative chassis design

By Dan Carney

The McLaren GT is a 200 mph supercar that’s comfortable to drive
Engineering

The McLaren GT is a 200 mph supercar that’s comfortable to drive

By Dan Carney

Lamborghini built a supercapacitor into its Sián hybrid for a faster, smoother ride
Engineering

Lamborghini built a supercapacitor into its Sián hybrid for a faster, smoother ride

By Dan Carney

The Bugatti Chiron supercar broke the 300 mph barrier and set a new speed record
Engineering

The Bugatti Chiron supercar broke the 300 mph barrier and set a new speed record

By Dan Carney

Bugatti 3D printed titanium brakes to stop its $3 million Chiron supercar
Engineering

Bugatti 3D printed titanium brakes to stop its $3 million Chiron supercar

By Dan Carney

Watch this fascinating time lapse of crews replacing an overpass in just a weekend
Engineering

Watch this fascinating time lapse of crews replacing an overpass in just a weekend

By Dan Carney

This new gold nanomaterial is so thin, it’s considered 2D
Engineering

This new gold nanomaterial is so thin, it’s considered 2D

By Marion Renault

Chevrolet’s first mid-engine Corvette is a $60,000 supercar
Engineering

Chevrolet’s first mid-engine Corvette is a $60,000 supercar

By Stan Horaczek

Designer plants could help you do your laundry
Engineering

Designer plants could help you do your laundry

By Ellen Airhart

melted plasticware
Engineering

Scientists are making progress with better plastic-eating bacteria

By Sarah Scoles

TaylorMade’s new drivers start out too fast for the rules of golf
Engineering

TaylorMade’s new drivers start out too fast for the rules of golf

By Stan Horaczek

6,000 tires, 700 horsepower, and 230 miles per hour: The Indy 500 by the numbers
Engineering

6,000 tires, 700 horsepower, and 230 miles per hour: The Indy 500 by the numbers

By Dan Carney

Inside the 2019 Ferrari Pista, a supercar built for the racetrack
Engineering

Inside the 2019 Ferrari Pista, a supercar built for the racetrack

By Dan Carney

Formula 1 racing teams have intense recruitment programs for engineers
Engineering

Formula 1 racing teams have intense recruitment programs for engineers

By Jordan Golson

The history—and future—of hitting the road
Engineering

The history—and future—of hitting the road

By Jake Bittle

Magnets make the Leatherman Free P2 multitool shockingly easy to use one-handed
Engineering

Magnets make the Leatherman Free P2 multitool shockingly easy to use one-handed

By Stan Horaczek

frankenbridge
Engineering

Our bridges are failing. Here’s how we could fix them.

By Eleanor Cummins

F1 steering wheel
Engineering

The steering wheel in an F1 race car requires fighter jet components and lots of practice

By Dan Carney

Hafthor Bjornsson elephant bar
Engineering

Building a barbell for 1,000 pound deadlifts takes careful engineering and lots of testing

By Stan Horaczek

tomatoes and red peppers on a white table
Engineering

Scientists could engineer a spicy tomato. Is it worth it?

By Kat Eschner

Dude, where’s my amphibious car?
Engineering

Dude, where’s my amphibious car?

By Eleanor Cummins

How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof
Engineering

How architects made California’s Getty Museum fireproof

By Eleanor Cummins

Engineering a better toilet could save millions of lives
Engineering

Engineering a better toilet could save millions of lives

By Eleanor Cummins

McLaren’s $2.4 million Speedtail hypercar can hit 250 miles per hour
Engineering

McLaren’s $2.4 million Speedtail hypercar can hit 250 miles per hour

By Jordan Golson

Underground living engineering escalator Earth
Engineering

Humans could survive underground, but it would take a lot more than shovels

By Eleanor Cummins

I invented an evaporation-driven car
Engineering

I invented an evaporation-driven car

By Jessica Boddy

Ferrari mixed retro racing design and a V12 engine in its limited-edition Monza cars
Engineering

Ferrari mixed retro racing design and a V12 engine in its limited-edition Monza cars

By Jordan Golson

Rolls Royce built a silent isolation chamber in its Phantom luxury car
Engineering

Rolls Royce built a silent isolation chamber in its Phantom luxury car

By Jordan Golson

Bugatti Divo
Engineering

Bugatti made its Divo supercar faster by slowing it down

By Jordan Golson

Hurricane Gilbert hospital ruins Jamiaca
Climate Change

How hospitals prepare for increasingly dangerous hurricane seasons

By Eleanor Cummins

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