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Popular Mechanics

SNOWBALL EARTH

TRULY MESSED-UP ANIMALS

A Cuneiform Shopping List

This Ancient Fossil With a Brain and Guts

The Electroweak Force of the Early Universe

Building a Sixth-Generation Bomber Raptor

The Tools of Copernicus

HUMANS MOVING OFF-WORLD

Quantum Entanglement in Our Brains

Fresh Fingerprints on an Ancient Statue

Are We on the Verge of an ARMS RACE in SPACE? • RUMORS OF A RUSSIAN SPACE NUKE, ALONG WITH OTHER SATELLITE-TARGETING WEAPONS, HAVE MADE GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS EXTEND INTO ORBIT.

COULD-BE WEAPONS

THE POTENTIAL RESOURCE WAR • A battle is brewing over mineral-rich asteroids and lunar mining targets.

HOW TO DIY OFF-GRID SOLAR • SPEND THE TIME UP FRONT AND PLAN IT CAREFULLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

THE WORLD’S TOUGHEST ROW • They rowed 3,000 miles across the Atlantic, battling unpredictable weather, chaotic seas, and finicky equipment. But what they discovered gave them profound new insights into the power of the ocean.

ONE OF THE ‘GREATEST THREATS’ TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ISN’T WHAT YOU THINK. • EXPERTS ARE PREPARING THE REGION AGAINST THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS VOLCANIC MUDFLOWS, KNOWN AS LAHARS, WHICH COULD INUNDATE THE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING MT. RAINIER IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES.

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