After 200 Years, Scientists Identified the Skeleton of a Legendary Outlaw. The Truth Was There All Along.
Schinderhannes’ skeleton has since been removed from the Anatomical Collection of Heidelberg University for conservation ...
After 96 Years, Archaeologists Finally Found the Missing Part of a Legendary Statue
In 1930, German archaeologists uncovered the lower half of a massive statue, estimating that it likely originally stood some ...
Editor’s Picks: What the PopMech Editors Loved This Month
From household spring cleaning products to cast iron pans, our editors tested dozens of products, but only a few made the cut.
An Engineer Says He’s Found a Way to Overcome Earth’s Gravity
This new propulsion system could rewrite the rules of spaceflight—not to mention completely defy conventional physics.
Boy, This New Single-Seater Flying Car Sure Is Exciting! Too Bad It Will Never Take Off.
The claimed fix-all for unclogging road traffic sounds brilliant, but here’s why the idea could face considerable headwinds.
Don’t Cry Because the Mercedes-Benz A-Class Is Dead. Celebrate What Killed It.
While U.S. markets lost the Mercedes A-Class in 2022, the German automaker recently announced it wouldn’t renew the A-Class ...
Archaeologists Discovered a 2,200-Year-Old Pyramid. They Can't Explain its Purpose—Yet.
Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old pyramid structure in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea that featured stones ...
Scientists Built a Memory Device That Doesn’t Lose Power—and the Implications Are Mind-Blowing
Magnetoresistive random-access memory, or MRAM, promises to make computers more efficient and powerful, but a few hurdles ...
Archaeologists Found 23,000-Year-Old Footprints That Rewrite the Story of Humans in America
Tracking the footsteps provides modern scientists a view into ancient life.