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Gear

How Carhartt re-engineered a 1950s work jacket that became an unlikely fashion icon

By Stan Horaczek

An NA Negroni sitting on the arm of an Adirondack chair with the Cascade Mountains in the background.
Gear

Inside the first non-alcoholic distillery in the United States 

By Amanda Reed

Roadtrips to roadmaps: Inside Rockford Fosgate’s speaker development process
Gear

Roadtrips to roadmaps: Inside Rockford Fosgate’s speaker development process

By Tony Ware

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Environment

Alien-looking balloons might be the next weapon in the fight against wildfires

By Sarah Scoles

What tangled headphones can teach us about DNA
Science

What tangled headphones can teach us about DNA

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A rendering of AI-assisted traffic light systems.
Technology

The future of open city streets could start with smarter traffic lights

By Peter Simek

Garbage in space illustrated in blacks and reds
Science

How harpoons, magnets, and ion blasts could help us clean up space junk

By Tatyana Woodall

An illustration of worms in caves in an article about their benefits to humanity.
Environment

Cave worms could hold the secrets to a better life

By Sarah Scoles

An illustration of science's dirtiest jobs.
Science

10 of science’s dirtiest jobs

By Leigh Cowart

Grapes, cocktail, pie, and oil illustrated on a red background to show examples of weed edibles
Science

The tasty chemicals flavoring the edible cannabis boom

By Jenni Avins

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Health

Our favorite science long reads of 2021

By Popular Science Team

Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, on three Polaroid photos
Environment

This historic Brooklyn cemetery shows us a future without lawns

By Ryan Goldberg

Gen Z and millennial kid and parent with curly hair and leather jackets sticking their tongues out in the mirror of a red motorcycle
Environment

The myth of generations, debunked

By Yasmin Tayag

Hands holding phone showing Google calendar chat feature on screen
DIY

You can now chat with your guests directly on Google Calendar. Here’s how.

By Sandra Gutierrez G.

Exercise, brainwaves, light, headaches, and more affect sleep
Health

5 reasons you can’t sleep

By Eleanor Cummins

Inside the ambitious video game project trying to preserve Indigenous sports
Gear

Inside the ambitious video game project trying to preserve Indigenous sports

By Matt Hongoltz-Hetling

This century-old technology could be the key to unlocking America’s renewable energy future
Environment

This century-old technology could be the key to unlocking America’s renewable energy future

By James Dinneen

pedestrian traffic light with red background
Technology

Designing spaces with marginalized people in mind makes them better for everyone

By Eleanor Cummins

Hand holding a phone with a map in front of an empty road.
DIY

No cell service? These are the best offline apps.

By David Nield

fisherman holding a rope on a boat
Environment

Post-pandemic seafood could be more sustainable. Here’s how tech is driving the change.

By Virginia Gewin