Archive Gallery: Now You Can Watch Television in Color!
In the early 1950s, we grappled with a life-changing dilemma: to buy a color TV set, or not to buy a color TV set? In retrospect, the right answer seems obvious, but the hassle of switching systems in...
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Venture into any apartment, and you're likely to find an object used for something other than its intended purpose. We've seen ground coffee used to repel ants, curtain fabric used as wallpaper,...
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Radio hats. DIY jetpacks. Even those of us who never experienced a time when you could purchase science projects for $4.95 and telescope lenses for $1.95 can't help feeling a twinge of longing looking...
View ArticleArchive Gallery: PopSci's Most Gigantic Portable Gadgets
In between the newest line of Amazon Kindles,the upcoming iPhone 5 announcement, and the ever-increasing ubiquity of cameras and video game consoles, it's safe to say that we're living in the golden...
View ArticleArchive Gallery: Classic Thrill Rides and Carnival Attractions
Our archives are filled with terrifying things -- flying tanks, radium faucets, and groundbreaking lobotomy techniques, to name a couple -- but few of them are as deliberately scary as the past...
View ArticleArchive Gallery: Automobile Safety Tips
As terrifying as this cover is, we won't lie, it's a pretty accurate depiction of how we feel about our vehicles on a bad day. Car maintenance doesn't come naturally to everyone, least of all...
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Popular Science Takes Drugs
Click to launch the photo gallery.Drug WeekPopular ScienceWorking and writing for Popular Science means being able to do fun things, like playing with the latest consumer electronics in Las Vegas,...
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A Vintage Guide To Enjoying Your Summer Vacation
Click to launch the photo gallery.You'd be surprised at how little summer getaways have changed over the past several decades. Sure, people these days can't bear to leave their smartphones at home,...
View ArticleHow Science Has Battled Natural Disasters
Click to launch the photo gallery.On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana. The Category 3 storm flooded 80 percent of the city of New Orleans and killed at least...
View Article11 Terrifying Childcare Inventions From The Early 20th Century
Click to launch the photo gallery.There are certain areas of expertise that came naturally to us over the years: cars, space, aviation, and computers, to name a few. During the first half of the past...
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Archive Gallery: Now You Can Watch Television in Color!
Gadgets How we helped readers transition from black and white sets to color television In the early 1950s, we grappled with a life-changing dilemma: to buy a color TV set, or not to buy a color TV...
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Archive Gallery: Offbeat Uses for Common Household Objects
DIY How our readers turned hairpins into resistance units, electric fans into potato slicers, and asbestos shingles into hotplates. Venture into any apartment, and you're likely to find an object used...
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Archive Gallery: Mail Order Kits, From the Back Pages of PopSci
DIY Jet powered Space Rangers, kit cars, electronic organs, radio hats, and more -- all yours for a low, low price! Radio hats. DIY jetpacks. Even those of us who never experienced a time when you...
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Archive Gallery: PopSci's Most Gigantic Portable Gadgets
Gadgets Early camcorders, briefcase cell phones, VCRs, lunchbox-sized television sets, and more portable devices considered big by today's standards. In between the newest line of Amazon Kindles, the...
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Archive Gallery: Classic Thrill Rides and Carnival Attractions
Technology The Wastebasket of Dizziness, the Corkscrew of Fate, and more amusement park rides and attractions from the pages of PopSci Our archives are filled with terrifying things -- flying tanks,...
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Archive Gallery: Automobile Safety Tips
Cars PopSci's old-school guide to maintaining your tires, troubleshooting your carburetor, and driving without accidentally killing anyone As terrifying as this cover is, we won't lie, it's a pretty...
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Popular Science Takes Drugs
Science From our archive: a reporter's LSD trip, a guide to getting high during Prohibition, and more Click to launch the photo gallery.… From our archive: a reporter's LSD trip, a guide to getting...
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A Vintage Guide To Enjoying Your Summer Vacation
Gadgets Whip out your bell bottoms and join us as we reminisce on mail-order vacation homes, lunar module-inspired camping shelters, and more. Happy Memorial Day! Click to launch the photo gallery.…...
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How Science Has Battled Natural Disasters
Science From the Popular Science archives, the hurricane house, the seismograph camera, the forest-fire-fighting dirigible, and more. Click to launch the photo gallery.… From the Popular Science...
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11 Terrifying Childcare Inventions From The Early 20th Century
Gadgets Enjoy the motorized hanging cradle, the baby gas mask, the UV-ray baby branding prod, and more "infant-friendly" gadgets from the Popular Science archives. Click to launch the photo gallery.…...
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