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In 1922, Popular Science got a peek at our sensor-filled future with a Rube Goldberg-esque machine.

The parasite’s complex biology played a role in the delay, but experts say there was also a lack of urgency and funding.

Included are Sea Hunter and Sea Hawk. Here's what the military hopes to learn from the exercise.

It aims to get to zero cases and stay there.

The best 240Hz monitors are fast, fluid, and esports-ready.

The aircraft would be able to transport people and cargo low over the water, and then deliver them quickly to a beach.

Satellite images gave researchers an unpredicted look at avulsions—when rivers abruptly shift.

Switching to renewables and carbon sequestration especially helps vulnerable communities.

Vaccines remain a great way to avoid long COVID—by reducing chances of infection in the first place.

The animal kingdom is home to many wild and wacky family-making strategies. Watch and learn about some of them here.

This versatile jig will change the way you work.

In the February 1969 issue of Popular Science, Jacques Cousteau wrote about his extremely maneuverable, tiny subs.

Chemicals preserved in fossils hint that some dinosaurs had faster metabolisms than others, giving new insights into the evolution of warm-bloodedness.

Your questions about data brokers and personal information, answered.

You might have a pot that you love, but your plant has to love it too.

These 'pop-up' micro-robots move to the beat of the light. Here’s a look at how they were made.

Even in space, astronauts can’t escape from germs—but the European Space Agency wants to develop materials that can help tidy up the International Space Station.

Also a relative of starfish, recently discovered Yorkicystis is a scientific mystery.

Forecasters have prepared a backup list of storm names in case we run through the alphabet.

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