Metal Detectorists Were Scanning the Beach—and Found a Stunning 2,800-Year-Old Dagger
When a heavy storm ripped into a Baltic Sea cliffside on the coast of Poland, it sent chunks of the cliff crumbling to the ...
An Unstoppable New Alloy Can Survive 1,400°F—and Could Transform the Planes You Fly On
A new study designed a copper-tantalum-based superalloy (with added lithium) that can operate up to 800 degrees Celsius (1472 ...
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.
A Metal Detectorist Discovered 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Daggers With A Mysterious Purpose
A metal detectorist recently discovered not one, but two bronze and wood daggers that experts dated to over 3,000 years ago. Only the bronze portions of the instruments survived for so long buried in ...
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 ...
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.
A New Cat Color Is Defying Genetic Expectations
A new type of cat coat color has officially been discovered. Named salmiak, or ‘salty liquorice,’ the cats have hair strands ...
Tested and Reviewed: Bluetti Handsfree 2 Backpack Power Station
The Bluetti Hands Free backpack retails for $600 but you can often find it at a steep discount, making it a surprisingly ...
These Floating Nuclear Reactors—Powered by Salt—Could Supercharge America’s Electrical Grid
The small nuclear power plants will use molten salt in their fuel, making them safer and more versatile and portable than traditional nuclear power plants.
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 ...
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.