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Stem-Cell Fast Food: From NASA to Nourishment
It sounds like a sci-fi nightmare: giant sheets of grayish meat grown on factory racks for human consumption. But it's for real. Using pig stem cells, scientists have been growing lab meat for years, and it could be hitting deli counters sooner than you think.
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| VIDEO: Breakthrough Leadership Award Winner Burt Rutan SpaceShipOne creator Burt Rutan discusses the future of civilian space travel and how to inspire the next generation of engineers and innovators. Introduction by PM's Editor-In-Chief Jim Meigs.
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| Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards 2006 Inside, meet the people creating advances that are solving problems, expanding horizons and engaging the imagination of millions. (Published in the November 2006 issue)
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| Nanotechnology: Good Things in Small Packages Columnist Glenn Reynolds believes nanotechnology's bright future lies in scientific breakthroughs--not in marketing slogans. (Published in the October 2006 issue)
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| The Next Atomic Age In the southeastern corner of Idaho is a swath of windswept desert that's the epicenter of American nuclear energy research. Among the relics of early reactor experiments there, the country's energy future is taking shape. (Published in the October 2006 issue)
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| 10 Radically Innovative College Programs Get an introduction to intelligence this year in a class taught by a CIA agent. Enroll in Game Culture and Technology. Leave your textbook at home and learn engineering by building a robotic tractor. These innovative classes are a part of 10 radically different science and technology-related college... (Published in the September 2006 issue)
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| Mythbusters: Glue for Fun and Profit Whether you want to escape from Alcatraz, add a smooth touch to softwood furniture, patch up your sneakers or just repair your reading glasses, the answer lies in what glue you choose and how you use it. Our favorite skeptics share hard-won knowledge on the wonders-and unorthodox uses-of glue. (Published in the April 2006 issue)
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| The Top 50 Inventions of the Past 50 Years In the past half-century, scientific and technological advances have transformed our world. PM convened a panel of 25 experts to identify innovations that have made the biggest impact, from the hospital to outer space to the kitchen. Here, then, are the breakthroughs of our time. (Published in the December 2005 issue)
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| 5 New Ideas To Power Our Future - October 2005 Cover Story Imagine driving your car for months without refilling your gas tank, powering your home with the energy of ocean waves, or running a laptop computer on electricity generated by your jacket. For anyone facing a gas pump that reads $2.50 for a gallon of regular, or looking ahead to the prospect of rec... (Published in the October 2005 issue)
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The Truth About Hydrogen
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The Boy Mechanic
Culled from a half-century of Popular Mechanics issues (make that the first half of last century), The Boy Mechanic represents an age when imagination could conquer far more than the checkbook — when solving a problem was more satisfying than paying to have it go away.