2019-02-01_Popular_Science

As small towns across the United States face drastic budget shortfalls, some find themselves without the cash they need for road ...

While early models still might be a tad crash- prone, self-driving cars are coming. And they’ll eventually lead us to change our ...

The Second Wave BY ERIC ADAMS MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER THE CONCORDE LANDED FOR THE LAST TIME, A NEW CLASS OF SUPERSONIC AIRPLANE ...

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Why bother, when airlines show little interest in jets that carry fewer people, burn more fuel, and can fly only over oceans bec ...

suburb of Denver, bustles with activity. In one corner, a team assembles a mock-up of the Overture’s interior, which features wi ...

collapse into a single shock wave and create a percussive boom that sounds like a thunderclap. The airplane’s tail then creates ...

airflow over the wings and fuselage so the shock waves the airplane sheds don’t combine into a big bang, Lockheed program manage ...

Flying from, say, London to New York in three hours would allow airlines to make twice as many flights each day and pack them wi ...

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Grandma refused to sell her house, so the miners dug around her. So goes the yarn Bruce Zaccagnino spun about this set in Northl ...

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