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Popular Mechanics

HOW YOU DIE IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE

850,000 POUNDS/SQUARE INCH

The Army’s New Rifle and Machine Gun

If We Can Avoid Forever Chemicals

How to Program a DIY Car Key

If J-B Welds Can Break

The Math in M.C. Escher Art

The Reason Air Turbulence Is Getting Worse

END-GRAIN CUTTING BOARD

A FEAST FOR the (GEOLOGIC) AGES

BURGESS Shale • British Columbia

National DINOSAUR MONUMENT • Utah and Colorado

LA BREA TAR PITS • Los Angeles, CA

SELF-DRIVING CARS vs. THE WORLD • Replacing human drivers with artificial intelligence could save thousands of lives. That’s the promise, anyway.

THE FLOOD THAT SWALLOWED A CITY • The South Fork Dam collapse in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was one of the worst manmade disasters in American history. It could have been prevented.

The Workhorse of Kitchen Cutlery

BEST OF THE TEST

Ridgid Straight Pipe Wrench

Rite in the Rain No. 935 Notebook | $5

6 60 Years Ago in PopMech • // A PORTAL INTO POPMECH’S PRESCIENT AND OCCASIONALLY ABSURD PAST //