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Euhomy Rock Plus Square Ice Maker Review

By Stephanie Mickelson
6 min read
A portable battery power station next to a foldable solar panel on rocky terrain.

The 8 Best Solar Generators for Backup Power

By David Dritsas
5 min read
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The 5 Best Wet/Dry Vacs

By Amber Joglar
4 min read
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Yeti Just Dropped Its First-Ever Phone Cases

By Tim Kohut
3 min read
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AI Cracked a 108-Year-Old WWI Cipher

By Elizabeth Rayne
3 min read
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Best All-in-One Washer-Dryer Combo for Your Home

By Camryn Rabideau, Sarah Connor, Alex Rennie
4 min read
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A Scientist Says There’s a Key to Being Conscious—and AI Doesn’t Have It

Consciousness may not come from intelligence at all—but from a struggle machines will never know.

By Elizabeth Rayne
7 min listen
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A Pipeline Crew Found a Shipwreck—and a Mystery

Divers had just 12 days to rescue 60 artifacts from the Baltic silt. One of still has them stumped.

By Tim Newcomb
5 min listen
War Of 1812 Re-Enactment

A Soldier Held a Funeral for His Severed Arm

Shadrack Byfield took a musket bullet to the arm in the War of 1812, requiring its amputation. It dramatically shaped the rest of his life.

By Elizabeth Rayne
8 min listen
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A Canal Dig Uncovered 546 Dead Bodies

Now, archaeologists are trying to figure out why a massive medieval burial ground was hidden in a quiet rural field.

By Tim Newcomb
4 min listen
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The Brutal Math Behind the Colorado River Crisis

On the latest episode of “The Astounding Pop Mech Show,” Andrew Daniels, Shawn Gorman, and John Gilpatrick discuss why Hoover Dam is running out of water—and power.

By PopMech Editors
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A Mysterious Lead Disc Could Rewrite Money History

By Tim Newcomb
4 min listen
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Archaeologists Found a Tomb With a Blood-Red Skull

By Tim Newcomb
3 min listen
Celtic Coin Hoard in Thuringia

A Fire Station Dig Revealed Ancient Coins

By Tim Newcomb
4 min listen
Bumpass Hell

Scientists Found a Lifeform That Shouldn’t Exist

By Elizabeth Rayne
7 min listen
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The Universe Could Have 3 Dimensions of Time

By Paul M. Sutter
6 min listen
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An Engineer Says He’s Overcome Earth’s Gravity

By Darren Orf
6 min listen
SpaceX Reports First Quarterly Earnings Since Going Public

A SpaceX Rocket Piece Just Crashed Into the Moon

By Darren Orf
5 min listen
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Some UAPs are Non-Human Craft, Research Suggests

By Kevin Knuth, as told to Ashley Stimpson
10 min listen
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Archaeologists Found Remains of Paris’ Predecessor

By Tim Newcomb
5 min listen
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A Grainy Photo May Reveal the First Female Pharaoh

By Elizabeth Rayne
5 min listen
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Cleopatra Hid Her Tomb, Controversial Theory Says

By Sara Hashemi
13 min listen
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Where Alexander the Great Learned to Conquer

By Michael Natale
4 min listen
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Prime Day DeWalt Deals Up to 66% Off

By Paul Smith
2 min read
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The Best Early Prime Big Deal Days Tool Sales

By Josiah Soto
1 min listen
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The Prime Big Deal Days Vacuum Deals 2026

By Amber Joglar
4 min read
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Prime Big Deal Days Generator Deals 2026

By David Dritsas
4 min read
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The Best Early Prime Day Apple Deals

By Sarah Connor
4 min read
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The 8 Best Phones for 2026

By Stefan Vazharov
6 min read
A person standing on an electric scooter on a city street.

The 8 Best Electric Scooters for Adults

By Tom Price
7 min listen
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The Best 3D Printers for Every Kind of Maker

By Dan Stout
8 min read
Gerber Dual-Force Multitool

The Best Prime Big Deals Day Multitool Deals 2026

By Tom Price
3 min read
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Prime Day Pocket Knife Deals I'd Buy

By Danny Perez
4 min read
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The 6 Best Waxed Jackets

By Danny Perez
5 min read
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The 8 Best Portable Refrigerators

By Tom Price
4 min read
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Science

Popular Mechanics Explains Precognition

True gut feelings? Or just random chance? See what the science says.

By Elizabeth Rayne
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Think You’re Smart? Boost Your Brain With PopMech’s 5 Trickiest Riddles.

By Popular Mechanics Editors
8 min listen
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Reality Isn’t So ‘Imaginary’ After All

By Caroline Delbert
6 min listen
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10 Hard Math Problems That Remain Unsolved

By Popular Mechanics Editors
2 min listen
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A New Formula for Pi Is Here

By Caroline Delbert
6 min listen
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The 8 Best Portable Jump Starters

By Doug Newcomb
6 min read
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Cobra RAD 490i Radar Detector Review

By Doug Newcomb
10 min read
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The Best Car Emergency Kits, Tested By Our Editors

By Maggie Slepian
9 min read
A vintage car prepares for a drag race at the Roadkill Nights event, with spectators and staff in the background.

The (Surprising) Tool Brands Drag Racers Use

By Colin Aylesworth
3 min read
 
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Breaking the 1880s Silk Dress Cryptogram

By Tim Newcomb
5 min read
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Scientists Finally Figured Out Color Perception

By Darren Orf
6 min listen
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The Mystery of How Smoke Particles Move—Solved

By Darren Orf
4 min listen
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Mathematicians Found a New Kind of Prime Number

By Caroline Delbert
4 min listen
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