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Justin Blair, a maker at FirstBuild, operates the Maxiem waterjet
Technology

Welcome To The Maker-Industrial Revolution

By Tom Foster

The NovoGen MMX Bioprinter
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How It Works: A 3-D Printer For Liver Tissue

By Steven Leckart

David Holz and Michael Buckwald
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Will These Guys Kill The Computer Interface As We Know It?

By Tom Foster

Affordable driverless cars could curb public transit
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Affordable driverless cars could curb public transit

By Shaena Montanari

How the burning heart of a jet engine functions without melting
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How the burning heart of a jet engine functions without melting

By Rob Verger

The Ford F-150 Lightning is an electric vehicle for truck lovers
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The Ford F-150 Lightning is an electric vehicle for truck lovers

By Rob Stumpf

3d printed heart
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How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine

By Steven Leckart

3D models
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Computer Software Folds DNA Into Bunny Shapes

By Claire Maldarelli

A laptop in the dark
DIY

How to keep all of your accounts safe in a world where people want your data

By David Nield

power plant smoke stack
Environment

John Kerry got slammed for a statement on carbon cutting tech. Is he right?

By Ula Chrobak

Black hands at a wireless keyboard
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This supercomputer constantly ‘shapeshifts’ to thwart hackers

By Todd Austin & Lauren Biernacky/The Conversation

Navy SEALs could get new airborne backup. Here’s what the planes look like.
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Navy SEALs could get new airborne backup. Here’s what the planes look like.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Type 055 Destroyer
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China launched two more massive Type 055 warships

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

100 greatest innovations of 2019: Best of What's New
Technology

The 100 greatest innovations of 2019

By Popular Science Team

world’s largest space rocket
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China’s super-sized space plans may involve help from Russia

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China Lingyun Hypersonic Scramjet
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China’s hypersonic military projects include spaceplanes and rail guns

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Wolverine boots with Vibram Arctic Grip
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The 9 Greatest Recreation Innovations Of The Year

By Berne Broudy and Grennan Milliken

Periscope: A Broadcast Network Of Your Own
Technology

Software

By Reported by Alan Henry and Lindsey Kratochwill

SUSIBA2: Rice That Fights Global Warming
Technology

Engineering

By Reported by Elisia Guerena and Lois Parshley

China Quantum Research Center Hefei Anhui
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China is opening a new quantum research supercenter

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

DJI MAvic Drone
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The DJI Mavic 2 Pro and Zoom drones are covered in sensors and filled with AI to prevent crashes

By Stan Horaczek

DJI Mavic Air Drone review
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DJI’s Mavic Air drone is the best flying machine you can throw in your backpack

By Stan Horaczek

Snapshots of the best tech of the decade, including the Impossible 2.0 burger, Curiosity rover, and Fortnite video game
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The best tech of the last decade

By Popular Science Team

Model of the China robot warship D3000 on display
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With the D3000, China enters the robotic warship arms race

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Aerospace
Technology

Aerospace

By Reported by Eric Adams and Sophie Bushwick

Augmented Reality Or Augmented Humanity?
Science

Augmented Reality Or Augmented Humanity?

By Daniel Grushkin

Data servers
Technology

How shape-shifting magnets could help build a lower-emission computer

By Rahul Rao

Parent in pink tank top pushing baby in a futuristic green and white stroller
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Travel through time on history’s most ridiculous rides

By Michael Hearst

T Flight CASIC China Hyperloop Maglev
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China’s looking to one-up Elon Musk’s hyperloop

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

PLA China 90th Anniversary Parade Zhurihe J-20
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China’s stealth fighter may be getting a new engine

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China is betting big on electromagnetic railguns and catapults
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China is betting big on electromagnetic railguns and catapults

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

The 10 Most Important Aerospace Innovations Of The Year
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The 10 Most Important Aerospace Innovations Of The Year

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Sophie Bushwick

China’s showing off its new helicopters
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China’s showing off its new helicopters

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

HTC Vive
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Entertainment

By Reported by Andrea Smith and Michael Nunez

drone
Technology

25 Reasons To Love Drones

By Popular Science Team

BMW 2016 7 Series
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Auto

By Reported by Eric Adams and Kevin Gray

Skype Translator
Technology

The 7 Greatest Software Innovations Of The Year

By Dave Gershgorn and Lindsey Kratochwill

Highlights from the Biodesign Challenge Summit
Science

Highlights from the Biodesign Challenge Summit

By Daniel Grushkin

Bionic Bird Drone May Fool Actual Birds
Technology

Bionic Bird Drone May Fool Actual Birds

By Dan Moren

Megaport
Technology

Megaport

By Andrew Rosenblum

MQ1-predator UAV drone in flight
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Fact Check: Ex-Cop Fugitive Christopher Dorner Is Not Being Hunted By Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

pendulum power
Technology

A brief, 20,000-year history of timekeeping

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Norinco Da Gou quadruped robot China autonomous robot
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China’s Army Hosts An Autonomous Robot Contest

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

3D printed drone
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The Marine Corps wants to 3D print cheaper drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

silent hawk
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Special forces are getting a stealth motorcycle that’s silent and deadly

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The X-47B
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How To Design A Drone-Proof City

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Robot ship
Technology

Robot ships from Rolls-Royce (not that one) could run crew-less

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Space Surveillance Telescope Complex
Technology

DARPA Just Gave The Air Force A Telescope To Watch For Satellite Sabotage

By Kelsey D. Atherton

plane
Technology

Stop Calling It The Drone Memo

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Autonomous war machines could make costly mistakes on future battlefields
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Autonomous war machines could make costly mistakes on future battlefields

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The cover of Popular Science, July 1973
Technology

9 Technologies That Didn’t Exist When The Queen Was Born

By Jason Lederman

hand holding a phone
DIY

Tips and tricks to help you take better smartphone photos

By David Nield

Drones flying toward the sun
Technology

Drones will fly into the path of the eclipse to study weather

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A person using a laptop on a wooden desk
Technology

The FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit offers millions of Americans a $50 discount on internet access

By Stan Horaczek

Football Helmets
Health

New Football Helmet Could Save the Sport

By Tom Foster

man celebrating on the phone
DIY

How to strike a better deal with your cable company

By Whitson Gordon

An Air Force artificial intelligence program flew a drone fighter for hours
Technology

An Air Force artificial intelligence program flew a drone fighter for hours

By Kelsey D. Atherton

February 2014: Engineering The Ideal Olympian
Technology

February 2014: Engineering The Ideal Olympian

By Popular Science Team

December 2013: The Best Of What’s New
Technology

December 2013: The Best Of What’s New

By Popular Science Team

DIY eye in the sky
DIY

Re-Create The First Intercontinental Weapon

By William Gurstelle

Snowcloud One's flight into the eye
Environment

Inside the deadly heart of 1964’s Hurricane Cleo

By Popular Science, December 1964, by E.D. Fales Jr.

How to build a medieval crossbow
DIY

How to build a medieval crossbow

By William Gurstelle

Build a gas-powered marshmallow shooter
DIY

Build a gas-powered marshmallow shooter

By William Gurstelle

Best innovations of the year
Technology

Best of What’s New 2009: The Year’s 100 Greatest Innovations

By Mark Jannot

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