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What are sound waves and how do they work? | Popular Science
WEBJul 27, 2021 · Sound waves are a type of energy that’s released when an object vibrates. Those acoustic waves travel from their source through air or another medium, and when they come into contact with our ...
The best home wind turbines for 2024, according to experts
WEBJul 9, 2024 · Best eco-friendly: Tumo-Int 1000W 3 Blades 48V Wind Turbine. Getting the best home wind turbine for your home is no small feat—sometimes quite literally. It takes a big product to get the level ...
A guide to lithium-ion battery charging best practices - Popular …
WEBSep 20, 2021 · As Popular Science explained in our look at Tesla’s Powerwall battery: When the battery is charging, positively-charged lithium ions move from one electrode, called the cathode, to the other ...
Why do we see ghosts? - Popular Science
WEBOct 6, 2020 · The apparitions in movies like The Grudge and The Amityville Horror will stop at nothing to chase down their human victims, but ghosts aren’t innately terrifying. Research suggests that the ...
What is 'zombie deer' disease? | Popular Science
WEBJun 13, 2022 · Chronic wasting disease, a deadly neurological infectious disease that affects deer, elk and moose, is spreading across North America. Most recently detected in North Carolina in March 2022, CWD ...
How to stop websites from tracking you - Popular Science
WEBNov 29, 2020 · One of the tools to identify and stop trackers is the aforementioned Ghostery, a free extension that plugs into browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Opera. With one ...
The most incredible pictures of every planet in our solar system
WEBNov 29, 2017 · Captured with NASA’s Messenger spacecraft in 2011, this image of Mercury shows the tiny, hot planet’s many craters, named after writers, artists and musicians. Venus NASA/JPL. This one’s a ...
Which type of car is most likely to catch on fire? - Popular Science
WEBFeb 2, 2022 · A new study has some surprising findings on car fires. An analysis from an insurance group ranks the likelihood of fires in EVs, hybrids, and combustion-engine vehicles. Here's what they found. A ...
How to clear your web history in any browser | Popular Science
WEBMar 29, 2023 · First of all, our primary concern: your browser history. This is the list of sites and pages you’ve visited in the past. This log helps you retrace your steps, bring back pages you want to refer ...