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Meet the Growler: King of Modern Warfare Airspace

Random Walks: A Long-Standing Math Problem Ends

Researchers find what makes walks converge.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bqc7ow.3hjt/d27faf25.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https:

What If Death Isn’t Final?

Study finds gamma waves when life seems to end.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bqbffv.38oo/918c2603.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <ht

Just Before Death, the Brain May Try to Stay Alive

Pangea 2.0

Scientists simulate Earth 200+ million years from now<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bqb13q.34rh/47051119.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Brows

How the Brain’s Structure Echoes the Cosmos

Minimal surfaces link neurons to physics<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq9u9r.3prd/008b4aaa.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://l

Is a Hidden “Zeptouniverse” Lurking Below Reality

Scientists hunt new physics beyond Higgs limits<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq9u9i.430q/8bb9eb72.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <ht

Why Russia’s Lightning Drone Is So Hard to Stop

It's a $500 UAV carrying 20-pound mines<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq9u9h.3s13/e3ede004.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://li

The Underground Machine That Sees Ahead

CHIEF1900 simulates centuries in hours<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq9dms.3npa/ff96b7d8.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://lin

Unlock a Sixth Sense: Human Echolocation

Training lets us sense space with echos<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq8ope.3mzl/e01a1752.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://li

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New Evidence Could Locate Earhart’s Plane

Scientists revisit final radio signals.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq86sd.3ty5/fee66518.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://li

Did We Get Human Population Numbers Wrong?

New research challenges the 8.2B count.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq7jyz.3p7y/320be475.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://li

Could Gray Hair Be Reversed? Research Says Yes

Pigment stem cell movements may unlock natural color<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq6wto.3sgu/6c4a1187.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browse

The Galápagos Once Hid a U.S. War Base

Archaeologists map a vanished WWII facility<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq6wue.24b1/e8c0813b.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https:

AI Answers Fast — But May Cost Your Thinking

Reduced effort correlates with weaker logic.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq6g85.3ypr/e8dca505.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https

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Scientists Uncover New Zealand’s Lost Past

Island fossils fill a million-year gap<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq5qmv.411y/63b2ba0d.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://lin

Russia’s Plasma Engine Could Cut Mars Trip to 30 Days

New tech promises ultra-fast deep-space travel<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq5a90.3ux0/a8eeb173.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <htt

Unexpected Life Crawls in Fukushima’s Reactor Water

Bacteria thriving where none were expected<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq4jnt.476b/b5027ad2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https:/

Scientists Decode Earliest Known Star Map

Hidden celestial coordinates uncovered<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq3t64.4763/c50e0776.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://lin

Could Science Reboot Your Aging Immune System?

New mRNA treatment revives T-cell function in mice<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq3t7y.3hvq/23a0e676.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser

What Drives Conspiracy Thinking?

A study reveals surprising mental roots.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq3cea.3l1y/a64c3adf.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://l

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What’s Beneath the Canadian Rockies?

Geologists map the hidden crustal structure<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq2o4m.3o5x/5db91f10.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https:

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Europe’s New “Drone Wall” Against Russian UAVs

NATO adopts Ukraine’s layered defense lessons<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq28ov.3r01/0ed84f3f.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <http

Why Purple Isn’t a “Real” Color After All

Your brain makes purple, not light<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq1me5.49r2/16a3ec3b.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://link.po

Is Reality a Shared Hallucination We Trust?

Scientists say our world may be a mental model.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq0x5t.4s95/6519ca66.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <ht

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What Wolves Teach Us About Cancer Resistance

Evolution in Chernobyl could inform medicine.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq0x61.4ma1/b3eaa5c0.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <http

Stair-Climbing Robot Vacuums Are Here

Innovation could end single-floor limits<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bq0iyq.46nv/0904da02.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://l

Did Consciousness Precede Life on Asteroid Bennu?

New clues suggest pre-life awareness in space<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bpzuaf.4dvz/e3d9bbfc.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <http

Could Gravity Really Come From Entropy?

New idea may unify gravity with quantum physics.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bpzf7d.4mgg/3bf1dc18.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <h

A Fundamental Physics Law May Need Updating

New math challenges old assumptions.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bpy8wy.4ao6/9e31390a.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https://link.

This Wild Track Design Stops Runaway Trains

A looping solution to a real rail nightmare.<a href=""><img src="https://link.popularmechanics.com/img/6949b5560eaca893dd0bdd3bpy8wa.4m0j/fd774b0d.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a> View in Browser <https