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Man standing next to single seat personal helicopter in landing field

Flying in an open-air, single-seat helicopter is a true test of nerves

a large SUV offroading

The tug-of-war between engineering and design to build the Hyundai Palisade XRT Pro

By Kristin Shaw

a hand and the umbrella

Redesigned umbrella is smaller than an iPhone

By Mack DeGeurin

a mannequin with its neck skin being removed

3D-printed skin stretches, bleeds like the real thing

By Mack DeGeurin

a bright pink mesh oval

Researchers created a soft squeezable computer mouse

By Mack DeGeurin

A graphical representation of what a real Gerver’s sofa might look like.

This is the biggest sofa you can fit around a corner, according to a mathematician

airplane airbags illustration

Engineers propose massive airbags for airplanes

By Mack DeGeurin

a rectangular cassette tape with lots of loose brown tape coming out

A single DNA cassette tape could store billions of photos

By Laura Baisas

a robot dog walking with three humans

The perfect robot guide dog shouldn’t be cute

By Mack DeGeurin

A green chameleon on branch extending tongue to catch an insect

A chameleon’s ‘ballistic tongue’ may inspire blood clot-clearing robots

a backyard version of fenway park complete with a green monster, signs, and scoreboard

A dedicated son brings Fenway Park to his dad’s backyard

By Laura Baisas

On the set of the TV series Star Trek

The ‘Star Trek’ technology that came to real life

By Popular Science Team

Concept art of Top Tower in Prague, Czech Republic

A ‘post-apocalyptic’ shipwreck tower will be Prague’s tallest building

Lunar rover concept going up hill with US flag mounted on rear

NASA offers $155,000 to design moon tires

two park rangers sink in a cardboard boat

Ready, Set, Paddle! Scenes from The Great Salem Maritime Cardboard Boat Regatta

By Popular Science Team

a broken payphone (left) and a refurbished one (right)

In Vermont, one man is bringing pay phones back to life

By Mack DeGeurin

a wearable robot vest, with long grey sleeves and sensors in a lab

Balloon-equipped ‘wearable robot’ could help stroke survivors

By Mack DeGeurin

a large rock looking object called a fatberg on display in a museum. it is a big blob of fat, oil, and grease that clogged sewers

Stopping fatbergs before they cost millions to remove

By Laura Baisas

Sailing stone in Death Valley with movement trail behind hit

Ice moves by itself on experimental metal surface

Illustration of suspension bridge connecting mainland Italy to Sicily

World’s longest suspension bridge may finally link Sicily to mainland Italy