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The 50 greatest innovations of 2024 The 50 greatest innovations of 2024

By Popular Science Team

Image of aircraft wing over Greenland ice sheet with radar image of Camp Century underneath it

NASA radar picks up frozen, buried Cold War base Camp Century NASA radar picks up frozen, buried Cold War base Camp Century

Close up of C-17 cargo plane

Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers Boeing allegedly overcharged the military 8,000% for airplane soap dispensers

HMS Trooper submarine wreckage

WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission

Concept art depicting the X-37B space plane aerobraking above Earth

Space Force’s mysterious X-37B is testing its ‘aerobraking’ Space Force’s mysterious X-37B is testing its ‘aerobraking’

USS Stewart bow shipwreck with barnacles and crabs

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones

Germany’s North and Baltic Seas are littered with munitions from the First and Second World Wars, such as shells—as shown here—once fired from German battleships.

The big Baltic bomb cleanup The big Baltic bomb cleanup

By Paul Hockenos / Hakai Magazine

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The tech that changed elections forever The tech that changed elections forever

By Popular Science Team

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‘Militarized’ Cybertrucks are coming—if you can open the doors ‘Militarized’ Cybertrucks are coming—if you can open the doors

a person in a gas mask with 'death sand' on the screen

The sand that (almost) killed millions The sand that (almost) killed millions

By Popular Science Team

UP.FIT upgraded Cybertruck cop car concept

Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming Militarized Cybertruck cop cars are coming

B-21 Raider stealth bomber in flight

See the B-21 nuclear stealth bomber’s first official flight photos See the B-21 nuclear stealth bomber’s first official flight photos

Sun above earth photo taken from ISS

Space Force finds a dead Cold War-era satellite missing for 25 years Space Force finds a dead Cold War-era satellite missing for 25 years

Concept of human intelligence with human brain on blue background

VR and electric brain stimulation show promise for treating PTSD VR and electric brain stimulation show promise for treating PTSD

US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’

US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’ US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’

By Patricia Kime / KFF Health News

A black and white photograph of the The HMAS Culgoa. The vessel was a Modified River Class Frigate, sometimes known as the Bay Class. The Australian naval vessel was launched in September 1945 and was decommissioned in April 1954.

Lung cancer in naval personnel linked to asbestos exposure Lung cancer in naval personnel linked to asbestos exposure

By Laura Baisas

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Over shoulder image of US soldiers saluting

Data brokers selling military members’ personal data is a national security risk Data brokers selling military members’ personal data is a national security risk

The synthetic melanin is being applied to Inflamed skin. Just under the surface of the skin are green free radicals, also known as ROS, or "reactive oxygen species."

Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection Lab-made ‘super melanin’ speeds up healing and boosts sun protection

By Laura Baisas

Nightvision camera shot of a UAP

Want to report a UAP sighting? US government workers can now use this website. Want to report a UAP sighting? US government workers can now use this website.