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The Anonymity Experiment
The Anonymity ExperimentAaron GoodmanIn 2006, David Holtzman decided to do an experiment. Holtzman, a security consultant and former intelligence analyst, was working on a book about privacy, and he...
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America's 50 Greenest Cities
In the international alliance to fight climate change, the United States is considered the sullen loner. But in the seven years since we rejected Kyoto, changes have begun. Not at the federal level,...
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Would My DeLorean Fly If I Popped Its Gull-Wing Doors and Floored it?
DeLorean Gull Wing Doors20th Century FoxMarty's DeLorean, doors openFor any vehicle—airplane or car—to fly, there needs to be some force pushing it up so that it can overcome gravity. Airplane wings...
View ArticleWarships of Tomorrow
It's hard to tell what kind of wars the future will bring, but one thing is certain: Robots will be doing much of the fighting. In fact, they already are. Last year, aerial drones flew 258,502 hours of...
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Trap Lightning in a Block
Lightning TriggerMike WalkerA Lichtenberg figure being created by a tap from a nail. In just a few hundred nanoseconds, electrons trapped in plastic exit suddenly as a bright, branching spark. You can...
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Wave Runner
Going the DistanceS. YamadaCaptain Ken-ichi Horie, aboard the Suntory Mermaid II, prepares to travel solo 4,350 miles from Hawaii to Japan on wave power alone.This month, 69-year-old Japanese sailor...
View ArticleThe Wind Dam
One common complaint about wind turbines is that they blemish the scenic countrysides and coastlines where they perch. Now an architect in London has an attractive solution. The "wind dam," a giant...
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Salmon Sperm’s Bright Future
Bright FutureG. Brad Lewis/Getty; Sony; Jim McIsaac/GettyThe fishing industry discards thousands of tons of salmon sperm every year (it ruins the taste). Now Andrew Steckl, a photonics expert at the...
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Why Don’t I Ever See Baby Pigeons?
Baby PigeonCobalt123Run-of-the-mill city pigeons, known as rock doves, build their nests in the nooks and crannies of the concrete cityscape, reminiscent of their native European and Middle Eastern...
View ArticleThe Goods: March 2008
Each issue, PopSci rounds up the must-have products for the month. This March, check out a media streamer that lets you buy movies with just your remote, a Bluetooth speakerphone that charges in the...
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