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Martian beavers, intentional explosions, and other weird facts from 150 years of PopSci
May 18, 2022 6:00 AM
These weird marine critters paved the way for the ‘Cambrian explosion’ of species
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Sep 20, 2018
Slipping into this ‘skin’ turns any object into a robot
Robotic skins could have a place in space (and on stuffed animals).
Aug 27, 2018
NASA is preparing for future space missions by exploring underwater volcanoes off Hawaii
Deep Sea Meets Deep Space
Aug 10, 2018
A car-sized spacecraft just blasted off toward the Sun
The Parker Solar Probe is our first mission to "touch" the Sun
Jun 06, 2018
NASA is learning the best way to grow food in space
Can gardens help astronauts go farther?
May 08, 2018
Breslin—the home computer that runs my house
He's a butler, babysitter, companion—and sometimes a nuisance.
May 02, 2018
How Popular Science covered the Empire State Building’s 1931 opening
'Robot Elevators to Serve 85,000'
Mar 01, 2018
This 18-mile stretch of Georgia highway is a living laboratory for clean energy
The Ray is a rural testing ground for cutting-edge tech.
Sep 08, 2017
This engineer spent 4 months installing a headphone jack on an iPhone 7
Pushing the limits of DIY in Shenzhen, China.
Sep 06, 2017
To guard against climate change, Los Angeles is painting its streets white
They plan to lower the temperature by 3 degrees over the next 20 years.
