Popular Mechanics US
Treasure in the Great Wall
CHINA’S FAMED GREAT WALL continues to reveal secrets of the past.
1 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
Unsinkable Material
THE NATURAL WORLD IS HUMANITY’S greatest inspiration, and its influence can be seen all throughout our modern society.
1 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
MEASURE HOW LOUD YOUR GENERATOR IS
BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
1 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
Inside the Top Secret Project That Led to One of the World’s Greatest Counterespionage Feats
THESE FEMALE CODEBREAKERS UNRAVELED A SOVIET SPY NETWORK—AND KEPT IT TO THEMSELVES FOR HALF A CENTURY.
10+ min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
The Father of Architecture
AN ANCIENT BASILICA DISCOVERED beneath the Italian city of Fano has been labeled “a sensational finding” by Italian Culture Minister Alessandro Giuli, “something that our grandchildren will be talking about.\"
2 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
Rapid Evolution
THE FAMOUS ANALOGY GOES THAT IF all of Earth’s geologic history were compressed into a single calendar year, modern humans wouldn’t make an appearance until around 11:50 p.m. on New Year’s Eve.
2 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
AVOID THIS COMMON PRESSURE WASHER MISTAKE
Improper startup and sloppy technique can destroy a pressure washer’s pump, damage surfaces, and cost you more than the actual machine itself.
1 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
DOES AVI LOEB KNOW SOMETHING THE REST OF US DON'T?
The Harvard astrophysicist has devoted yearsand thousands of interviews-to the idea that mysterious objects streaking through space could be alien technology. What if he's right?
10+ min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
OUR BACKWARD MAGNETOSPHERE
DUE TO THE MOVEMENT OF IRON AND nickel in our planet’s outer core, Earth is continuously creating a magnetic field that forms the magnetosphere—a protective bubble that shields life from the radiative dangers of space.
2 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
Predicting the Future
A TEAM OF MATHEMATICIANS has recently taken steps to improve our ability to predict future data.
2 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
The Stewards of Chernobyl
ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF PAST midnight on April 26, 1986, an unexpected power surge coursed through a reactor at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant.
1 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
The Great Green Wall
IT'S NO SECRET THAT CHINA IS PARTICUlarly adept at building things.
1 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
Mythic Golden Armor
THE ANCIENT CHINESE LEGEND THAT Tang dynasty rulers donned gold-plated armor in battle has long been mere myth—until now.
1 min |
July/August 2026
Popular Mechanics US
6 TIPS TO KEEP YOUR CONTRACTOR HAPPY
In my experience as a contractor, I’ve always looked at the opportunity to work in someone else’s home as a huge honor.
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
City Flitters
Spotted lanternflies’ love of cities may be the secret to their invasive success
4 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
Fractured Society
Two hundred chimps are embroiled in a rare \"civil war\"
3 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
Sheepdog Strategy
Herding a small group of “noisy” sheep holds hints for computer algorithms
2 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
Culture Power
Humans covered the planet 300 times faster than possible from genetic evolution alone
2 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
State of American Science
A decades-old compact between science and society is broken
10+ min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
Martian Shadow
A fast-moving wave of darkness is spreading across the Red Planet
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
Bonus Finding
How breast cancer screening can predict heart disease risk
2 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
The Youth American Scientists - Kauê M. Costa
Applying new tools to behavioral tests to discern how we learn
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
The Youth American Scientists - Tonima Tasmin Ananna
Understanding the behavior of supermassive black holes
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
The Youth American Scientists - Emily Finn
Studying why people interpret the same thing in different ways
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
The Youth American Scientists - Anna Ho
Describing the characteristics of short-lived astrophysical events
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
The Youth American Scientists - Dmitrii Kochkov
Making artificial-intelligence tools to predict what climate change will mean for extreme weather
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
The Youth American Scientists - Armita Manafzadeh
Investigating the shape and evolution of animal joints
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
The Youth American Scientists - Lvmin Zhang
Developing artificial-intelligence systems to enhance digital art creation
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
The Youth American Scientists - Amber Young
Standardizing and improving models used in astrobiology
1 min |
July/August 2026
Scientific American
Alex L. Zhang
Making artificial-intelligence recursive language models more efficient
1 min |