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The Wonderful Future That Never Was is a coffee-table book from Popular Mechanics and scifi author Gregory Benford, which chronicles the bizarre (and sometimes correct) predictions that futurists and scientists made between 1903 and 1969. Here's a sneak peek. More »
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A new book by Gregory Benford will celebrate the amazing innovations that Popular Mechanics promised us over the first seven decades of the 20th century — but in the meantime, here are some of our favorite Popular Mechanics whizbang moments. More »
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Where do UFOs show their blinky lights most often in America? Now a handy map of UFO sightings since the 1940s offers a surprising answer. More »
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In 1950, Popular Mechanics magazine visited the world of the future, which turned out to be an imaginary suburb called Tottenville, home of a pretend family named the Dobsons. So what was life like for the Dobsons in the year 2000? More »
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Over at Popular Mechanics, there's a maniacally detailed comparison of every Terminator from all the movies and the new TV show — including helpful information on how to defeat them. Writer Erik Sofge even gives you information on how each Terminator was made, and speculates about its level of A.I. So which Terminator comes out on top? More »
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