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We take a look at how people dealt with summer temperatures before modern-day air conditioners became commonplace
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Aquatic polo ponies, parachute sledding, balloon jumping, and more short-lived novelty sports from the early 20th century
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Archive Gallery: PopSci’s Most Sensational World War II Headlines

Tank killers, nightmares for Hitler, bombed-out volcanoes and more explosive ideas from World War II-era PopSci.
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Archive Gallery: How the Space Age Influenced Design

A colorful look at how America's obsession with space travel led to rocket-shaped vehicles, parabola-shaped buildings, and swiveling television sets
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The original Macintosh, Atari computers, and more innovative machines that arose during the early days of personal computing.
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How we covered the Scopes Monkey Trial, the discovery of Java Man, the Piltdown Man hoax, and milestones in the history of evolutionary theory
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PopSci teaches you how to make a crossbow, a wooden scooter, a psychedelic light show, and more contraptions you didn't know you needed
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