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Popular Mechanics US
Build a Low Sawhorse
This simple build is an underrated essential.
4 min |
July - August 2022
Popular Mechanics US
Build a Simple Workbench
This design is ready for all your future projects.
7 min |
July - August 2022
Popular Mechanics US
What Happens to Your Data When You Die
One of the best and most unsettling episodes of Netflix’s dystopian anthology series Black Mirror is “Be Right Back,” which tells the story of a woman who loses her boyfriend in a car accident.
3 min |
July - August 2022
Popular Mechanics US
Everything You Need to Get Started in Astrophotography
Yes, astrophotography can be difficult. Although Milky Way photography is fairly achievable for beginners, going beyond that is one of the most precise and complex endeavors anyone can pursue with a camera.
9 min |
July - August 2022
Popular Mechanics
Toeing the Line With Pressure Washers
A pressure washer takes water and makes it radical. Water enters one end of the machine at a pressure in the range of 30 to 80 psi and moves along at 4 mph.
3 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics US
The Lost Graves of Muskowekwan
HUNDREDS OF MISSING CHILDREN, A CENTURIES-LONG COVER-UP, AND THE RADAR TECHNOLOGY THAT HELPED EXPOSE A NATION'S HORRIFYING SECRET HISTORY.
10+ min |
July - August 2022
Popular Mechanics US
The Next Generation of Charging Adapters Opening Tesla's Network to All EVs
GAS PRICES ARE HOVERING AT AN ALL-TIME high, and so is the appeal of switching to an electric vehicle (EV).
5 min |
July - August 2022
Popular Mechanics US
Measuring How Effective Smokeless Fire Pits Actually Are
HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH FIRE GOES BACK hundreds of thousands of years.
5 min |
July - August 2022
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Ego's ZTR Is the Electric Lawnmower to Beat Out Gas
We love the power and versatility of gas-engine mowers.
4 min |
May - June 2022
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We Turned a Retro Camper Into Our Home for $10,000
How to UPGRADE 106 SQUARE FEET FOR YEAR-ROUND LIVING
10+ min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
The Math That Helps the James Webb Space Telescope Sit Steady in Space
Want to solve for Lagrange points yourself? An undergraduate student who's taken an advanced mechanics class and vector algebra has all the tools they need to find those solutions.
4 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
TEACH A KID DIY, ENGINEERING, AND PHYSICS WITH A FREEWHEELING TABLETOP CATAPULT!
This historical design is perfect for young builders.
3 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
So You Want to Skydive From Space?
Endless threats: A loss of pressure in a space diver's suit could result in decompression sickness.
3 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
My Dirty Car Has a Dirty Secret: It's a Surprising Gas Guzzler
CAROLINE DELBERT IS A WRITER, AVID READER, AND CONTRIBUTING EDITOR AT POPMECH. SHE'S AN ENTHUSIAST OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HER FAVORITE TOPICS INCLUDE NUCLEAR ENERGY COSMOLOGY, THE MATH OF EVERYDAY THINGS, AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF IT ALL
2 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
How the Complicated Physics Inside Your Coffee Mug Could Lead to Better Robots
The natural human gait walking along a straight path (x) affects the trajectory of the coffee (z) in the cup based on the velocity of the gait.
4 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
Cooking With the Best Outdoor Pizza Ovens
In the late aughts, Ooni revolutionized homemade pizza-making when it introduced the first outdoor, portable pizza oven.
5 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
Everything You Need To Get Started In Magnet Fishing
In addition to treasure hunting, magnet fishing has an environmental aspect-it helps to clean up our waterways.
8 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
Do the U.S. Navy's Aircraft Carriers Still Rule the Seas?
USS Gerald R. Ford steams in the Atlantic Ocean in 2019. The newest U.S. aircraft carrier cost a hefty $13 billion to develop
3 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
Could Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Be a Serious Alternative to Batteries?
A laser shines light on nano thin film inside a canister, releasing hydrogen that can feed a fuel cell.
3 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
Can a Retired Rocket Engine Take Us to Mars?
The space shuttle's main engine was mothballed with the program in 2011. Now NASA believes it's the future of interplanetary travel.
9 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
How and Why Microplastics Invade Our Everyday Lives
Organizations like the Ocean Cleanup use nets (above) to capture large pieces of trash, but microplastics often slip through. Data from a 2016 study (left) found that fibers made up as much as 71 percent of microplastics that flow into the Great Lakes.
3 min |
May - June 2022
Popular Mechanics
Life in the Fast Lane: Peek Inside the RVs of NASCAR's Finest
NASCAR DRIVERS FACE A GRUELING SCHEDULE, SPENDING more time at the track than they do at home; the 2022 NASCAR schedule will cover 39 weekends this year, with up to 19 consecutive weeks of racing.
3 min |
May - June 2022
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We Built the World's First V-8 Tesla
The Rich Rebuilds team had a dead model S. They fixed it with a Camaro engine
10 min |
March - April 2022
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This Is the Closest Scientists Have Gotten to Reaching Absolute Zero
The absolute temperature scale gives measurements in Kelvins-unlike Celsius and Fahrenheit, which use degrees. Absolute zero is thus 0 Kelvin, not 0 degrees Kelvin.
4 min |
March - April 2022
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TCL's Latest 6-Series Television Is the First Affordable 8K TV
Big Important Product
6 min |
March - April 2022
Popular Mechanics
Someday, a Pig-to-Human Organ Transplant Could Save Your Life
Kidneys aren't the first pig part to enter a human body. Doctors routinely transplant pig heart valves into human patients.
4 min |
March - April 2022
Popular Mechanics
This Natural Treasure Contains the Secret to Stronger Armor
Keshi pearls, sourced from Akoya pearl oysters, can exhibit up to 2,615 layers of nacre, built up over a span of 548 days.
4 min |
March - April 2022
Popular Mechanics
Plotting the Lot: Which Cordless Lawn Mowers Cut the Most Grass
THE TEST
3 min |
March - April 2022
Popular Mechanics
I Bought a GHOST TOWN
This abandoned California mining village once had 400 buildings. Now I'm restoring the 20 that remain.
9 min |
March - April 2022
Popular Mechanics
Digital Locks Are Shackling the Future of Tinkering
It's likely been decades since you last found a service manual included in the box with a new tech product. The Right to Repair movement seeks to change that.
3 min |