Popular Science November 1933, “Hobbies of Great Surgeons Aid in Life-Saving Marvels.” Credit: Popular Science 1938 Popular Science May 1938 “Germproof Operating Room.” Credit: Popular Science ...

Since 1917, Popular Science has regularly featured illustrations of seemingly farfetched inventions on its covers as a means of foretelling the future. Some, like the 1921 prediction of a camera ...

A May 1953 Popular Science article attempted to take stock of the polio epidemic and brought hopes of a vaccine. ... founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis in 1938.

Millions of you have turned to Popular Science each month in 2024 to see the latest scientific breakthroughs and technological debacles and everything in between.Using a secret formula of ...

Back in 1938, long before this modern wave of acceptance and approval, Popular Mechanics was bullish on weed, though not for recreational purposes. Instead, we wrote about the economic potential ...

In yet another sign of its decline, Popular Science has stopped publishing its online magazine, three years after it shut its storied print edition, which began in 1872.

Last year, Popular Science celebrated 150 years with an abundance of pomp and circumstance. We paid homage to our founders, poked fun at zany old experiments, corrected the record, and nerded the ...