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Surprising stuff you can bring on a plane (without ticking off the TSA)
Aviation

Surprising stuff you can bring on a plane (without ticking off the TSA)

By Sara Chodosh

Google Cardboard
Technology

The best tech to distract your guests this Thanksgiving

By Sara Chodosh

The future of the Air Force is fighter pilots leading drone swarms into battle
Air Force

The future of the Air Force is fighter pilots leading drone swarms into battle

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Autonomous X-47B Flies In Formation With Fighter Aircraft
Aviation

Autonomous X-47B Flies In Formation With Fighter Aircraft

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The X-47B
Aviation

I Am Warplane

By Clay Dillow

Team VALOR's ESCHER robot walking at the DRC
DARPA

Robots Walking, Robots Toppling, and other Photos from the DARPA Robotics Challenge

By Erik Sofge

For Autonomous Robots, The School of Hard Knocks Is In Session
DARPA

For Autonomous Robots, The School of Hard Knocks Is In Session

By Erik Sofge

Hydra at the DRC
DARPA

Meet Hydra, The Coolest Robot Not Competing In The DARPA Robotics Challenge

By Erik Sofge

Survivors of America’s first atomic bomb test want their place in history
Military

Survivors of America’s first atomic bomb test want their place in history

By Kelsey D. Atherton

A line of yellow school buses.
Electric Vehicles

A Maryland school district switched to electric buses to save kids’ lungs. Can others follow?

By Emily Cerf

smartphone-donut-photo
DIY

25 best sites to buy Instagram followers (real followers)

By Thomas Moore/ReviewsXP

Why does NASA keep launching Wright brothers’ stuff into space?
Aviation

Why does NASA keep launching Wright brothers’ stuff into space?

By Leo DeLuca

Beihang Unmanned Cargo Drone
Military

Meet China’s growing fleet of automated delivery drones

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

The Curious Genius Of Amar Bose
Technology

The Curious Genius Of Amar Bose

By Tom Clynes

China ZKZM 500 Laser Rifle Weapon
Military

China’s destructive laser rifle has a half-mile range

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

City Skyline
Environment

Why Fabien Cousteau Wants To Build An Underwater City

By Sarah Fecht

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

Welcome To The Maker-Industrial Revolution

By Tom Foster

The NovoGen MMX Bioprinter
Health

How It Works: A 3-D Printer For Liver Tissue

By Steven Leckart

David Holz and Michael Buckwald
Technology

Will These Guys Kill The Computer Interface As We Know It?

By Tom Foster

Affordable driverless cars could curb public transit
Electric Vehicles

Affordable driverless cars could curb public transit

By Shaena Montanari

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

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
Electric Vehicles

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

By Rob Stumpf

3d printed heart
Engineering

How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine

By Steven Leckart

3D models
Technology

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
Climate Change

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

By Ula Chrobak

spiderweb
Animals

Newly Discovered Spider Silk Properties Are Soundly Promising

By Thom Leavy

Black hands at a wireless keyboard
Technology

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.
Aviation

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Type 055 Destroyer
Military

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
Announcements

The 100 greatest innovations of 2019

By Popular Science Staff

structural engineers making plans
Climate Change

Strong-Ties for a Sure House

By SURE HOUSE

world’s largest space rocket
Military

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

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China Lingyun Hypersonic Scramjet
Military

China’s hypersonic military projects include spaceplanes and rail guns

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

person wearing POD
Biology

Spiders on Your Face and Other Student Biodesigns

By The BDC Editors

Wolverine boots with Vibram Arctic Grip
Announcements

The 9 Greatest Recreation Innovations Of The Year

By Berne Broudy and Grennan Milliken

Periscope: A Broadcast Network Of Your Own
Best of What's New

Software

By Reported by Alan Henry and Lindsey Kratochwill

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

Engineering

By Reported by Elisia Guerena and Lois Parshley

China Quantum Research Center Hefei Anhui
Military

China is opening a new quantum research supercenter

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

DJI MAvic Drone
Aviation

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
Aviation

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
Announcements

The best tech of the last decade

By Popular Science Team

Model of the China robot warship D3000 on display
Military

With the D3000, China enters the robotic warship arms race

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Aerospace
Aviation

Aerospace

By Reported by Eric Adams and Sophie Bushwick

Amazon Echo: HAL For Your Home
Technology

Gadgets

By Reported by Andrea Smith and Michael Nunez

Augmented Reality Or Augmented Humanity?
Robots

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
Technology

Travel through time on history’s most ridiculous rides

By Michael Hearst

T Flight CASIC China Hyperloop Maglev
Military

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
Military

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
Military

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
Aviation

The 10 Most Important Aerospace Innovations Of The Year

By Kelsey D. Atherton, Sophie Bushwick

China’s showing off its new helicopters
Military

China’s showing off its new helicopters

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

HTC Vive
Best of What's New

Entertainment

By Reported by Andrea Smith and Michael Nunez

drone
Aviation

25 Reasons To Love Drones

By Popular Science Team

BMW 2016 7 Series
Best of What's New

Auto

By Reported by Eric Adams and Kevin Gray

Skype Translator
Announcements

The 7 Greatest Software Innovations Of The Year

By Dave Gershgorn and Lindsey Kratochwill

Highlights from the Biodesign Challenge Summit
Biology

Highlights from the Biodesign Challenge Summit

By Daniel Grushkin

Bionic Bird Drone May Fool Actual Birds
Animals

Bionic Bird Drone May Fool Actual Birds

By Dan Moren

Detail, Airbus Patent
Aviation

Airbus Wants To Save Minutes By Radically Rethinking Airplanes And Airports

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Sailors playing cards in orange and blue-light goggles
Military

These dorky-looking glasses could help sailors sleep better on submarines

By David Roza/Task & Purpose

Megaport
Technology

Megaport

By Andrew Rosenblum

Cargo-Grabbing Plane
Aviation

Boeing Just Patented This Weird Cargo-Grabbing Plane

By Kelsey D. Atherton

MQ1-predator UAV drone in flight
Aviation

Fact Check: Ex-Cop Fugitive Christopher Dorner Is Not Being Hunted By Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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