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Shipwreck bow covered in sea life underwater

Shipwreck fragment linked to one of WWII’s strangest rescue tales Shipwreck fragment linked to one of WWII’s strangest rescue tales

Masked boobies on Johnston Atoll

Pacific island wildlife refuge spared from SpaceX rocket project Pacific island wildlife refuge spared from SpaceX rocket project

Black and white portrait of Albert Einstein

Einstein’s letter to Japan about atomic bomb fails to sell at auction Einstein’s letter to Japan about atomic bomb fails to sell at auction

a vechile in a field

This ‘dual-use’ electric tractor can sow fields and run guns This ‘dual-use’ electric tractor can sow fields and run guns

By Mack DeGeurin

Side view of a two-seat, Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter fighter plane on an airfield during World War I, mid to late 1910s. (Photo by Interim Archives/Getty Images)

Volunteers spent 25 years building a WWI replica plane. It just took flight. Volunteers spent 25 years building a WWI replica plane. It just took flight.

By Margherita Bassi

a blimp attached to a bus with a person holding a rope

19 vintage Goodyear Blimp photos on its 100th anniversary 19 vintage Goodyear Blimp photos on its 100th anniversary

By Popular Science Team

Photogrammetric reconstruction of the submarine USS F-1 on the seafloor west of San Diego, California.

108-year-old submarine wreck seen in stunning detail in new footage 108-year-old submarine wreck seen in stunning detail in new footage

By Margherita Bassi

Boeing Super Hornet taking off from the deck of an aircraft carrier

US Navy loses $60 million fighter jet after it falls into Red Sea US Navy loses $60 million fighter jet after it falls into Red Sea

World War II jeep found at site of underwater shipwreck

NOAA needs help identifying car found in WWII shipwreck NOAA needs help identifying car found in WWII shipwreck

Bridge over water in Rio Vista, California

Billionaire utopian city launches new shipyard plan Billionaire utopian city launches new shipyard plan

Photograph of HMS Tuberose aka RMS Mauretania enters New York harbour in full dazzle, carrying returning troops after the end of the Great War. Dated 1918. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The illusory reality of WWI dazzle camouflage, re-examined The illusory reality of WWI dazzle camouflage, re-examined

By Mack DeGeurin

Takeshi Ebisawa holding rocket launcher

Yakuza boss tried to traffic nuclear weapons-grade plutonium Yakuza boss tried to traffic nuclear weapons-grade plutonium

planes and astronauts collage

5 aerospace breakthroughs of 2024 5 aerospace breakthroughs of 2024

By Popular Science Team

a variety of products on a banner reading 'best of what's new 2024'

The 50 greatest innovations of 2024 The 50 greatest innovations of 2024

By Popular Science Team

Image of aircraft wing over Greenland ice sheet with radar image of Camp Century underneath it

NASA radar picks up frozen, buried Cold War base Camp Century NASA radar picks up frozen, buried Cold War base Camp Century

Close up of C-17 cargo plane

Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers

HMS Trooper submarine wreckage

WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission

Concept art depicting the X-37B space plane aerobraking above Earth

Space Force’s mysterious X-37B is testing its ‘aerobraking’ Space Force’s mysterious X-37B is testing its ‘aerobraking’

USS Stewart bow shipwreck with barnacles and crabs

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones

Germany’s North and Baltic Seas are littered with munitions from the First and Second World Wars, such as shells—as shown here—once fired from German battleships.

The big Baltic bomb cleanup The big Baltic bomb cleanup

By Paul Hockenos / Hakai Magazine