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These Breakthroughs Could Restore Sight for Millions of People popularmechanics.com/science…

These Breakthroughs Could Restore Sight for Millions of People

Revolutionary devices, age rewinding, and cell regeneration: scientists are finding multiple promising approaches for curing blindness, and even for stopping vision loss before it starts.

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175 years ago, a French physicist set out to prove the Earth was spinning. His experiment took the world by storm. Read the full story at the link below. 🔗: popular-mechanics.visitlink.…
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Excavations at the famed cathedral have uncovered remnants from the medieval ages to the Roman era. Read the full story at the link below. 🔗: popular-mechanics.visitlink.…
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How to Live Forever: The Groundbreaking Scientific Research Bringing Us Closer to Immortality popularmechanics.com/science…

How to Live Forever: The Groundbreaking Scientific Research Bringing Us Closer to Immortality

Can science finally overcome our ultimate biological limitations?

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The Cure for Balding May Be Hiding Inside of You—And Researchers Are Tapping Into It popularmechanics.com/science…

The Cure for Balding May Be Hiding Inside of You—And Researchers Are Tapping Into It

New treatments aim to restart dormant follicles—not just slow hair loss.

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These Breakthroughs Could Restore Sight for Millions of People popularmechanics.com/science…

These Breakthroughs Could Restore Sight for Millions of People

Revolutionary devices, age rewinding, and cell regeneration: scientists are finding multiple promising approaches for curing blindness, and even for stopping vision loss before it starts.

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We May Be Surrounded by Trillions of Conscious Beings, Research Suggests—And They Aren’t Human popularmechanics.com/science…

We May Be Surrounded by Trillions of Conscious Beings, Research Suggests—And They Aren’t Human

We might need to reconsider our position in the consciousness hierarchy.

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Husqvarna Makes Great Landscaping Tools, but Can it Make a Good Robot Mower? We Put One to the Test. popularmechanics.com/home/la…

Husqvarna Makes Great Landscaping Tools, but Can it Make a Good Robot Mower? We Put One to the Test.

This robotic lawn mower delivers on the promise of true automation.

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The Cure for Balding May Be Hiding Inside of You—And Researchers Are Tapping Into It popularmechanics.com/science…

The Cure for Balding May Be Hiding Inside of You—And Researchers Are Tapping Into It

New treatments aim to restart dormant follicles—not just slow hair loss.

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Divers Found a Mysterious Nazi Sub off the Jersey Shore. Three Men Died Trying to Learn Its Name. popularmechanics.com/science…

Divers Found a Mysterious Nazi Sub off the Jersey Shore. Three Men Died Trying to Learn Its Name.

In 1991, a tip from a fisherman led a dive team to a shadowy wreck 230 feet deep in the Atlantic—it took six years to figure out what it was.

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Scientists Think Barnacles May Be Able to Help Solve Aviation’s Greatest Mystery. Meet the Tiny Crustacean Detectives on the MH370 Case. popularmechanics.com/video/a…

Scientists Think Barnacles May Be Able to Help Solve Aviation’s Greatest Mystery. Meet the Tiny...

On the latest episode of “The Astounding Pop Mech Show,” Andrew Daniels, Shawn Gorman, and John Gilpatrick discuss a possible new way to track down where MH370 entered the ocean.

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Researchers Have Uncovered the Secret History of a Medieval Spy Ring popularmechanics.com/science…

Researchers Have Uncovered the Secret History of a Medieval Spy Ring

What was thought to be men’s work until then went unnoticed when carried out by women.

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Your Phone’s Weather App Could Be Bunk. I Rely on One of These Home Weather Stations Instead. popularmechanics.com/home/la…

Your Phone’s Weather App Could Be Bunk. I Rely on One of These Home Weather Stations Instead.

The best forecast is a hyper-local forecast.

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Archaeologists broke open the Great Wall of China—and found a treasure trove of artifacts. Read the full story at the link below. 🔗: popular-mechanics.visitlink.…
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I Tested Bissell’s Pet Hair Eraser Turbo Lift-Off. It’s More Versatile Than I Expected. popularmechanics.com/home/to…

I Tested Bissell’s Pet Hair Eraser Turbo Lift-Off. It’s More Versatile Than I Expected.

It tackles carpets, hard floors, and hair with ease.

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In February 1959, a group of hikers died in the mountains. The events sparked theories both scientific and conspiratorial. Read the full story at the link below. 🔗: popular-mechanics.visitlink.…
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Archaeologists Found a 6-Foot Sarcophagus at the Bottom of a Forgotten Staircase popularmechanics.com/science…

Archaeologists Found a 6-Foot Sarcophagus at the Bottom of a Forgotten Staircase

CT scans and inscriptions reveal who was buried there—and how they lived.

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Lego Just Released Its Latest Smart Brick Sets—And They're Not Star Wars popularmechanics.com/culture…

Lego Just Released Its Latest Smart Brick Sets—And They're Not Star Wars

Lego’s second wave of Pokémon sets will have Smart Play capabilities.

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An Oil Rig Was Producing 15 Million Gallons of Oil Every Day. Then It Vanished Overnight. popularmechanics.com/science…

An Oil Rig Was Producing 15 Million Gallons of Oil Every Day. Then It Vanished Overnight.

The North Sea platform was the world's largest oil producer—but a routine shift change led to catastrophe.

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Time May Not Exist Everywhere in the Universe popularmechanics.com/science…

Time May Not Exist Everywhere in the Universe

New research says time only exists where space is curved enough to support it, implying that our expanding universe is slowly losing its grip on time itself.

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