William Herkewitz
Popular Mechanics
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In a Game of Diplomatic Warfare, This Negotiator Has the Upper Hand
Diplomacy world champion Andrew Goff uses a subversive strategy to dominate his rivals. → Read More
Cracking the Chip: How Hacking the NES Made It Even Better
In the mid-80s, Nintendo games were wiped clean of sex, drugs, and other adult themes...that didn't last long. → Read More
One Man’s Epic Quest to Build a 20,000-Piece LEGO Star Destroyer
This custom LEGO model weighs 44 pounds. It’s five feet long. It's changing how people build with bricks. → Read More
How Scrabble Pros Bend Words to Their Will
It's all about word power, board vision, and lexical flexibility. → Read More
Why D&D Modernized Its Magic for a New Generation of Fantasy
Fantasy has changed over the years, and D&D's magic has changed with it. → Read More
The 50 Best New Board Games
Order a pizza, invite over one to three friends, and try out one of these best new board games of the year! → Read More
So You Want To Play Dungeons & Dragons...
Learn a roleplaying game that lasts a lifetime. → Read More
A Rare Quadruple Supernova, Revealed by a Quirk of Einstein
A neat trick of physics shows us four different views of a supernova we shouldn't be able to see. → Read More
These Ants Leave No Wounded Brother Behind
When these ants fall in raids on other insects, their fellow colony brothers refuse to leave them behind. → Read More
One More Big Reason We Should Be Worried About Bringing Back Coal
People living near new coal plants could see troubling health effects. → Read More
A Chunk of Earth's Original Crust Has Been Discovered
The potentially 4.3-billion-year-old rock was just discovered in Canada. → Read More
Behold Bat Bot, the first flying robot bat
It mimics the flying mammal and doesn't even need to be remotely controlled. → Read More
The Biggest Barrier to Asteroid Mining Isn't Technical, It's Legal
It may still sound like science fiction, but we'll be mining outer space much sooner than you think. → Read More
How This Bird Stays in Flight for What Feels Like Forever
The great frigate can stay aloft for what feels like forever by riding natural updrafts. → Read More
Robot Performs Soft-Tissue Surgery By Itself
With a bulky camera eye and spindly hydraulic arm, this medical robot looks like it could fit in on an automotive production line. This bot isn't building a Toyota, though. It carefully scans soft, sticky intestinal tissue and delicately weaves stitches with unmatched surgical precision. Indeed, with no guiding hand from its fellow doctors, it is the best in the world at performing the medical… → Read More
They Built the Single-Atom Engine And It Actually Works
Proposed in 2014, the one-atom engine is now real. → Read More
The Video Game Creating Quantum Physics Breakthroughs
The algorithm drawn from the minds of gamers is doing what supercomputers cannot. → Read More
This Lab-Grown Skin Can Actually Sprout Hair and Sweat
All you need to get it started is a drop of blood. → Read More
Newly Discovered Star Has an Almost Pure Oxygen Atmosphere
Popular Mechanics is a service magazine covering a variety of information on home improvement, automotive needs, electronics, computers, telecommunications, outdoors, fitness and science and technology. Popular Mechanics also features product evaluations, practical applications, how-to information and news of technological developments. → Read More
This Bare-Bones Synthetic Cell Has World's Smallest Genetic Code
Syn 3.0 has what it needs to survive and replicate, and absolutely nothing else. → Read More