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Friction normally needs two surfaces rubbing together. Physicists just proved light can do the job all by itself.

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On the latest episode of “The Astounding Pop Mech Show,” Andrew Daniels, Shawn Gorman, and John Gilpatrick discuss a ...

August is approaching, which means the fall Halloween season is almost here. Popular Mechanics lists some of our top picks ...

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For 1,700 years, no one knew where the First Council of Nicaea actually took place. The answer may have been sitting in a ...

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A Cold War-era law called the Invention Secrecy Act of 1951 allows U.S. government agencies to suppress patents deemed ...