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DIY eye in the sky
Projects

Re-Create The First Intercontinental Weapon

Attack of the fire balloons

How The World Wastes Food [Infographic]
Science

How The World Wastes Food [Infographic]

From the farm to the dinner plate, here's where food gets lost.

How To Make Pastries In Your Microwave
Projects

How To Make Pastries In Your Microwave

A wild new cookbook rethinks what can be done with familiar tools and ingredients.

Snowcloud One's flight into the eye
Weather

Inside the deadly heart of 1964’s Hurricane Cleo

In 1964, a crew of intrepid hurricane hunters flew into one of the worst storms in history

Instant Expert: Dark Flow Revealed
Space

Instant Expert: Dark Flow Revealed

The Big Question: Why are galaxies moving toward the same point, as if pulled by an unknown force?

How to build a medieval crossbow
Projects

How to build a medieval crossbow

A Middle-Aged model

Build a gas-powered marshmallow shooter
Projects

Build a gas-powered marshmallow shooter

Inspired by fast-firing anti-aircraft guns

Make these tiny, exploding hydrogen bubbles
Projects

Make these tiny, exploding hydrogen bubbles

Think of them like mini H-bombs.

How to Use The New Emoji In iOS 10
Tech Hacks

How to Use The New Emoji In iOS 10

More gender equality for activity emojis

Gray Matter: Calcium Carbide Reactions Can Light Up a Room—or Fill it With Noise
Projects

Gray Matter: Calcium Carbide Reactions Can Light Up a Room—or Fill it With Noise

The same science powers bright carbide lamps and loud toy cannons

Put a blinky ring on it
Projects

Here’s how I made my fiancé a blinking engagement ring

Build a symbol straight out of Achewood

Best innovations of the year
Best of What's New

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

Innovation manifests itself in myriad ways: groundbreaking, revolutionary bursts we'd never before imagined possible, or in more nuanced but no less brilliant refinements of existing technology. And while this year's list contains plenty of instances of the former, in compiling it we've noticed one thing: 2009 is the year of stealth innovation.

Siri in iOS 10
Tech Hacks

How To Use The New Siri And Apple Maps in iOS 10

You can now hail rides using Siri or Maps directly

The best hidden Instagram tricks
Tech Hacks

The best hidden Instagram tricks

Become a social media superstar.

How to build a home that can resist any weather
Weather

How to build a home that can resist any weather

The everything-proof house.

Director Werner Herzog Talks About The Intersection of Humanity And Artificial Intelligence
AI

Director Werner Herzog Talks About The Intersection of Humanity And Artificial Intelligence

Is technology making us less human?

a basic wooden clamp holding a 2-by-4 stud down on a work surface in a garage
Projects

Literally the most basic clamps you can make

They’re not pretty, but they’ll get the job done.

How to build an hourglass watchtower
Projects

How to build an hourglass watchtower

Survey any threats to your castle—er, home.

EVs are silent and soulless, so BMW tapped Hans Zimmer to give them a voice
Electric Vehicles

EVs are silent and soulless, so BMW tapped Hans Zimmer to give them a voice

Three new electric cars will feature a soundscape from the legendary film composer.

Shoreline
Fish

This rare ‘Finding Nemo’ fish mysteriously washed up on a California beach

Why this fanged creature died and surfaced is unknown.