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The Best Cars for Long Road Trips

The F-15EX Is a Worthy Remix of a Classic American Fighter

The Beloved Volkswagen Vanagon’s True Successor Is a Pop-Top Benz

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How to Become a Scotch Supertaster

3 BOTTLES TO TRY

The Power and Pain of the Police’s 160dB Sonic Weapon

Could a Cosmic Lasso Divert Extinction-Level Asteroids?

MASS EXTINCTION, SIMULATED • A 2017 study in Geophysical Research Letters analyzed the causes of death from 50,000 computersimulated asteroid impacts both on land and at sea. The results were not pretty.

Science Confirms Plato’s Theory: Earth Is Made of Cubes

PLATO’S CUBES ON THE BIG SCREEN

Two Mathematicians Just Solved a Century-Old Geometry Problem

WHAT ARE THESE SHAPES, ANYWAY?

HE BUILDS THE WORLD’S GREATEST MAGIC TRICKS. • BUT WILL HE ACTUALLY TELL US HIS SECRETS?

THE FUTURE OF FARMING IS INSIDE THIS BOMB SHELTER

HOW HOLLYWOOD SET DESIGNERS HID AMERICA’S WWII AIRCRAFT FACTORIES

The WWII Aircraft That Camo Protected • Production numbers from Jan. 1940 to Aug. 1945 at the six largest West Coast factories.

Playing Games Has Never Felt So Important

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How We Game Now • Stay-at-home orders don’t have to cramp your style on game night—stay safe by hosting the fun online.

TOYS FOR GROWN-UPS

Top-Perfoming Snowblowers to Dig Yourself Out

ONE-STAGE VS. TWO-STAGE

The Best Coats for Braving Winter’s Cold

CHOOSE THE RIGHT TYPE OF INSULATION

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The Smartest Robot Vacuums for Any Home

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