Popular Mechanics - USA (2018-07 & 2018-08)

62 BLOCKBUSTER

SECRETS

How the pyrotech-

nics supervisors,

aerial coordinators,

and VFX direc-

tors created this

summer’s biggest

movies.

4 From the Editor

6 PM Everywhere

13 The Future of

Aerodynamics

22 Fighting Enemy

Drones

30 Ask Roy

32 Drinking: Aging

Bourbon by Boat

40 Getting Started

in Suring

44 The Skydiver with

a Faulty Heart

46 Road Tested:

Jaguar, Ford, VW

50 The New Vintage

52 Parts & Service:

Grand Anti-theft

Auto

56 The Ultimate Guide

to Summer Camping

86 To o l Te s t

94 PM Family

100 Great Unknowns

70 THE OCEANS

OF WEST

79TH STREET

By Kevin Dupzyk

How does a

museum—irmly

rooted on dry land—

bring the deepest,

strangest parts of

the ocean to life?

78 BIOHACKED

By Jacqueline

Detwiler

Can you manipulate

your own biology

to become health-

ier, calmer, more

productive? The

internet certainly

seems to think so.

For two months, the

author tried every

biohack she could to

ind out.

JULY/

AUGUST

2018

DEPARTMENTS

FEATURES

At iFly in Yonkers,

New York, Jef

Provenzano

practices the

head-down out-

face carving

maneuver, which

gives him greater

mobility while

upside down

(page 44).

ON THE COVER:

Illustration by Ben Mauro

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