I've recently been distracted and enlightened by some amusing, quirky, unexpected, and just plain interesting items from popsci.com, the website of Popular Science magazine.
Today, for example, you can find what might be the only story you will see that addresses how the Civil War would have been different if its generals had used drones. I read it because it sounded a bit goofy, but I learned a lot about the Civil War and the technology of warfare, then and now. The story also addresses how tanks and modern artillery and communications would have altered the war.
I can't say my life was changed by a story on urinals with built-in sinks, but the picture made me chuckle:
I was grabbed again by this picture in a brief story on a Florida waterspout:
You will also find news here: A brief item reports on a team capturing a longstanding prize for human-powered helicopter flight, and another reports that scientists have produced the first true-color image of an exoplanet.
Popular Science has a slightly different angle than some other science blogging and aggregation sites. It has a bit of a futurist approach, and it retains some of the gearhead leanings that have long been part of Popular Science magazine. The website proclaims that it offers "gadgets, cars, science, technology, and diy."
And fun. If you haven't been watching, you might want to give it a try.
-Paul Raeburn
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