Popular Mechanics US
LIFE IS SHORT.GET THE GOOD STUFF.
There's a giddy excitement that hangs in the air around the PopMech offices when it comes to gear, especially during our annual awards season.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
DARK MATTER
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ON February 13, 2023, the Astroparticle Research with Cosmics in the Abyss (ARCA) array—part of the larger Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT), located in the Mediterranean off the coast of Italy—detected a high-energy particle unlike any other.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
HOW TO REBUILD A HIGHWAY IN 12 DAYS
The engineering ingenuity that turned the fiery collapse of one of I-95's busiest stretches into a Philly-style comeback miracle.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Quantum Gravity
TWO PHYSICISTS ARE CLAIMING TO HAVE moved closer to a unified theory of gravity.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
WARP SPEED
THE TOTALLY INSANE, HIGHLY IMPROBABLE, BUT NOT AT ALL IMPOSSIBLE QUEST TO BUILD A WARP DRIVE.
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
A Lifesaving CRISPR Treatment
LIFE'S ABILITY TO COPY billions of distinct letters in a genome is an absolute biological wonder—but mistakes are made. Genetic disorders and birth defects occur in one in every 33 babies in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
GIVE YOUR OLD WOODEN WINDOWS A SECOND LIFE
WITH A LITTLE DIY MAINTENANCE, YOU CAN EXTEND THE LIFE OF YOUR EXISTING WINDOWS WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON REPLACEMENTS.
5 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
A Wall Full of Skeletons
WHEN THE WALLS OF a 15th-century Portuguese church collapsed during poor weather, they revealed more than just dust and debris—they exposed at least 12 skeletons stashed inside the walls.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Kei Trucks
REGON IS VYING TO ALLOW JAPANESE Kei trucks on public roads.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
Why Orange Cats Exist
GARFIELD MIGHT BE THE MOST ICONIC orange tabby cat around, but he has so far refused to give up orange tabbies' most guarded beauty secret-how do they get their auburn coats? Hiroyuki Sasaki, a cat enthusiast and geneticist at Kyushu University in Japan, was determined to identify the elusive gene that carries the orange mutation in Felis silvestris catus (the domesticated cat).
1 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
A New Type of Magnetism
MAGNETISM CAN BE A STRANGE FORCE.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
The Identity of the Dragon Man
FINALLY, AFTER YEARS OF STUDY, THE REAL identity of the Dragon Man has been discovered.
3 min |
November/December 2025
Popular Mechanics US
The Earth's Core Leaking Gold
GOLD ISN'T AS RARE AS YOU MAY think—it's just hard to reach.
1 min |
November/December 2025
WIRED
THE FIGHT OF HER LIFE
Surrogate pregnancy is all the rage in Silicon Valley and beyond. What happens when it goes horribly wrong?
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
SKELETON CREW
Somewhere out in the countryside, hidden behind a copse of trees, are fields full of dead human bodies. These corpses have been strategically laid out in rows, naked as the day they were born, and left to the mercy of the elements until all that's left of them are bones.
3 min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
I THOUGHT I KNEW SILICON VALLEY I WAS WRONG
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
QUEEN OF CHIPS
Lisa Su has built AMD into a chipmaking phenom. And as the US-China tech war rages on, she's at the center of it all.
8 min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
GEAR FOR GOOD
Montane Men's Kamen XT Hooded Down Jacket
5 min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
KAT'S OUT OF THE BAG
At 26 years old, Kat Abughazaleh thinks she's uniquely qualified for Congress. But running for office is a different sort of influencing.
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
MOV'D BY THE SPIRIT
Whether your chip runs an old computer game or a new DeepSeek model, it'll reward you for speaking its native tongue: assembly.
5 min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
FAHRENHEIT 5G
INSIDE THE MIND OF THE MOST PROLIFIC VIOLENCE OF OUR ERA. ANTI-TECHNOLOGY ARSONIST IN AMERICAAND THE CONSPIRACY-DRIVEN POLITICAL
10+ min |
November - December 2025
WIRED
SPACE EMPEROR
ELON MUSK CONTROLS THOUSANDS OF INTERNET SATELLITES AND MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD'S ROCKET LAUNCHES. CAN ANYONE STOP HIM?
10+ min |
November - December 2025
Scientific American
Pets, Health and People
Only when human-pet relationships are strong, it seems, do owners get physical and mental benefits from their animals
4 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Decoding Blood
New biomarkers promise easier and earlier detection of Alzheimer's, but the results aren't always clear
9 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Cultivating Resilience
Early research suggests that Alzheimer's risk can be mitigated through diet, exercise and social stimulation. But definitive studies remain elusive
9 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Search Broadly
The way you search the Internet can reinforce your beliefs—without you realizing it
2 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
People Watching
Our social voyeurism may have deep evolutionary roots
2 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Drink Deep
New tech pulls fresh water from the bottom of the sea
4 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Science Makes the U.S. a Great Nation
History tells us what happens when great nations attack science
4 min |
October 2025
Scientific American
Prevention Intervention
The evidence is clear that racial discrimination, physical health and the environment contribute to Alzheimer's and other dementias. Now researchers are looking for ways to intervene
10 min |