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How To Get Started in Sewing

There's nothing more rewarding than fixing something yourself. Add clothing and other linens to the list. → Read More

How to Make Your Own Bow and Arrow By Hand

A step-by-step guide on making a Native American longbow. → Read More

Anki's AI Robot Is a Deligtful (and Expensive) Desk Toy

Part voice assistant, part pet. → Read More

Buying Heating Pads in Bulk Is My Secret Weapon for Helping My Hands Survive Frigid Winters

Cheap hand warmers are a life saver, especially when you realize you can buy them in bulk. → Read More

10 Hardcore DIY Halloween Projects

Halloween is the perfect holiday for DIYers, and there are plenty of cool projects to tackle even if you waited til the last minute. → Read More

4 Great Halloween Costumes From the PM Archives

These retro DIY costumes are hilarious, and you can make them in just a few hours. → Read More

The Popular Mechanics Guide to Safer Schools

How can we make these buildings a little more secure? And how can we do so without making schools feel like prisons? → Read More

What Littleton Learned

In Littleton, Colorado, where two deadly school shootings occurred fourteen years apart but within just a few miles, the school district is a study in preparedness, compassion, and an intense focus on what might go wrong. → Read More

What Littleton Learned

In Littleton, Colorado, where two deadly school shootings occurred fourteen years apart but within just a few miles, the school district is a study in preparedness, compassion, and an intense focus on what might go wrong. → Read More

How Much Money Facebook Gets From Selling Your Data

Mark Zuckerberg is making bank on your information. → Read More

You Know Who's Really Excited About the Tesla Electric Truck? Budweiser.

Let us explain. → Read More

Hey Scott Kelly, Shall We Move to Another Planet?

We ask a NASA astronaut to review Popular Mechanics' 1952 feature about what it'd take to move people to another world. Turns out, we weren't too far off. → Read More

Meet the DIYers Making Cool Wheelchair Costumes for Kids

Magic Wheelchair came up with even more amazing ideas for Halloween 2017. → Read More

The Basic Sewing Skills Everyone Should Know

If you're a self-sufficient adult with any talent for working with your hands, your day has come—the day when you learn how to sew your by hand, and a few other sewing skills → Read More

Sewing 101: The Basic Skills That Everyone Should Master

There's nothing more rewarding than fixing something yourself. Add clothing and other linens to the list. → Read More

The Math That Will Win Your March Madness Pool

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

Three Things You Should Know About Your Taxes

It's time to pay up. → Read More

The Best VR Headsets for Total Content Immersion

Because virtual reality can be way more fun than RL. → Read More

These Are the 3 Best Programs for Learning to Code

Until a week ago, I had never opened a coding terminal in my life. Then I tried it. → Read More

The Best 4K TVs Under $1,000

4K TVs have seen their prices plummet over the past years. Here is a roundup of the best UHD TV picks available on the market todays for less than $1,000. → Read More