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Joined March 2009

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 3 h

Your Brain Is Editing Your Life While You Sleep, Scientists Say popularmechanics.com/science/a65483…

PopMech's tweet card. While you’re snoozing, your brain is using NREM and REM sleep to strengthen and sort your memories for you.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 5 h

Archaeologists Opened a 2,600-Year-Old Tomb—and Found 4 People Who Time Forgot popularmechanics.com/science/archae…

PopMech's tweet card. Because the seal had never been broken, the Etruscan tomb’s grave goods had also gone completely untouched by looters.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 7 h

Lego’s Just-Launched Game Boy Set is Selling Out Fast—Pre-Order Yours ASAP on Amazon popularmechanics.com/technology/gea…

PopMech's tweet card. Gen Xers and elder millennials, this is your collection’s prize build.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 7 h

An Entire Hidden Layer of Reality May Be Lurking Just Below the Standard Model of Physics popularmechanics.com/science/a65479…

PopMech's tweet card. The discovery of the Higgs boson hasn’t led to an explosion of new physics as many predicted. Now, some scientists think that hidden physics may be hiding beyond LHC’s view.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 7 h

Wen Makes a Great RV Generator—and One of the Least Expensive popularmechanics.com/adventure/g608…

PopMech's tweet card. Having the juice to power your appliances and electronics makes a mobile home feel truly homey.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 9 h

Fire Up These Gas Grills to Cook to Cook For a Crowd At Your Next Barbecue popularmechanics.com/home/food-drin…

PopMech's tweet card. Cook your way through summer with these quick-starting grills, from portable single-burners to a 900-square inch behemoth.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 9 h

Scientists Are Growing Miniature Human Brains in the Lab. No One Knows If They’ll Become Conscious. popularmechanics.com/science/health…

PopMech's tweet card. These gooey blobs of human brain matter could develop a type of intelligence we’ve never seen before.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 9 h

We’re All Being Dragged Into a Giant Invisible Structure, Scientists Say popularmechanics.com/space/deep-spa…

PopMech's tweet card. Our galaxy isn’t being dragged into a supercluster. It’s being dragged into a super-supercluster.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 11 h

Scientists Found a Ghost Code Hidden in the Human Genome popularmechanics.com/science/health…

PopMech's tweet card. An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital role in gene expression.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 12 h

Your Brain Is Editing Your Life While You Sleep, Scientists Say popularmechanics.com/science/a65483…

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 12 h

A Stolen Headless Statue Sat in a Museum for 58 Years—Until a Fingernail Brought It Home popularmechanics.com/science/archae…

PopMech's tweet card. A statue of Marcus Aurelius, the emperor and revered Stoic philosopher, was repatriated to Turkey after being illegally excavated in the 1960s. Experts had to literally get their hands dirty to make...

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 13 h

Scientists May Have Created the First Male Birth Control Pill Without Side Effects popularmechanics.com/science/a65486…

PopMech's tweet card. The effects of the drug are completely reversible after six weeks of cessation. And still with no side effects!

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 13 h

Archaeologists Opened a 2,600-Year-Old Tomb—and Found 4 People Who Time Forgot popularmechanics.com/science/archae…

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · 13 h

A Revolutionary New Drug Could Stop Your Cells From Self-Destructing—And Hit the Pause Button on Aging popularmechanics.com/science/health…

PopMech's tweet card. This could be the first-ever drug approved to treat aging, and clinical trials begin this year.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · Jul 23

Human Babies Aren’t Supposed to Have 3 Parents—but Now They Can popularmechanics.com/science/a65462…

PopMech's tweet card. It isn’t supposed to occur in mammals, but…

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · Jul 23

Save Almost 40% On Our Best Overall Robot Vacuum, Now On Sale on Amazon popularmechanics.com/home/a65489246…

PopMech's tweet card. The Roborock Qrevo S vac/mop combo is a PopMech best-in-class pick, and you can save $300 off your purchase now.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · Jul 23

Want Less Muggy Air? Here's How to Choose the Right Size Dehumidifier popularmechanics.com/home/interior-…

PopMech's tweet card. Finding the model that's best for your home involves more than simply calculating square footage.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · Jul 23

Save Almost 40% On Our Best Overall Robot Vacuum, Now On Sale on Amazon popularmechanics.com/technology/gea…

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · Jul 23

Archaeologists Followed a 500-Year-Old Clue—and Found a Lost Town Hiding in Plain Sight popularmechanics.com/science/archae…

PopMech's tweet card. The 500-year-old clue got them started, but archaeologists needed more modern georadar techniques to finish the job.

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Popular Mechanics@PopMech · Jul 23

Take Advantage of Huge Summer Deals On Back-to-School Tech—We’re Talking Up to 90% Off popularmechanics.com/technology/gea…

PopMech's tweet card. We’re months away from fall, but you can already get huge savings on school tech products.

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