Watching Your Brain Freak Out on a Scanner Calms You Down
People who observed their own brain activity using real-time fMRI feedback were better able to control and reduce their…
Super-Precise Laser Scalpel Minimizes Collateral Damage
An ultra-fast tiny laser can work as a miniature scalpel inside the body, making careful incisions or excisions while…
Can you buy land on the Moon?
For now at least, the moon is like the sea: everyone can use it, but no one can own it. In 1967 the U.S. and the Soviet…
Researchers Entangle and Observe Eight Photons Simultaneously, Smashing the Previous Record
Like a long-distance romance, quantum entanglement is a fragile interaction; one moment, two particles can be sharing…
Disney Tactile Device Lets Games and Movies Literally Send Chills Down Your Spine
Disney researchers apparently don't feel that your video games are realistic enough. Engineers at the company's…
PopSci's Retro DIY Archives Are Bizarre and Amazing
PopSci's a forward thinking place, but their vintage stuff is worth a check too—harkening back to a simpler time when a…
Cell Phone Radiation Could Interact With Human Tissues in a Never-Before-Considered Way
Los Alamos National Labs is often associated with bombs, and the one it dropped today is no less likely to stir up a…
Some Things Never Change
On the left, we have an issue of Popular Science from 1925. On the right we have an issue of the same magazine from…
For Now, iPad Magazine Issues and Subscriptions Will Cost More Than Their Paper Equivalent
Apple priced digital downloads lower than CDs. Amazon said a digital book should be cheaper than a paper one. But for…
Your Guide to Reading on the iPad
I honestly can't tell you what it's like to see and touch and consume news, magazines and comics on the iPad. You just…
Augmented Reality v0.1
In 2002, to experience augmented reality was to lash 26 pounds of equipment to your body and hobble waywardly within…
Next for NASA: Inflatable Space Stations, In-Orbit Refueling, Space UAVs and More
As we've been hearing for months, 2010 is going to be a year of belt-tightening for NASA. But it still has some cool…
It's About Time: A Drill-Free Fix For Cavities
If bacteria settle in between your teeth and form a cavity, your dentist must drill through your tooth just to get at…
NASA's Puffin Is a Stealthy, Personal Tilt-Rotor Aircraft
What's cooler than a hover-capable, electric-powered, super-quiet personal VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing)…
China's Loongson Processor Could Power First Natural-Born Chinese Supercomputer
The People's Republic has unveiled more details on its quest to phase U.S.-made processors from its microchip diet.…
New Laser-Driven Displays Use 75 Percent Less Power Than Today's Screens
LCDs, make way for LPDs. Xconomy reports on a California startup's new laser phosphor displays (LPDs) that use just 25…
The Future of Snow Sports Tech
Bright ideas and products in skiing and snowboarding, from a Norwegian hotel built into a mountainside to an inflatable…
Confessions of an Electronics Junk Collector
Some of it I really do plan to use. Some of it I can't even identify. Hi. My name is Vin and I'm an addict. I can't…
Absurd Liquid-Cooled Desk Computer Is a Tribute to Mod Excess
One year ago, some Popular Mechanics editors set out with the broad goal of building the most ridiculously extravagant…
How To Keep Plants Alive Using LED Light Spikes
Pop Sci has a tutorial on how to build supplementary LED grow lights for plants. I'd assume you should use LEDs with…