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1 My Pop Life • EXPERT HACKS, GEAR RECS & LIFE-TESTED WISDOM FROM OUR MEMBERS

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2 Staff Meeting • IN WHICH WE CONVENE THE EDITORS TO FLEX THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SOLVE EXISTENTIAL QUANDARIES

Install the Perfect Wood Trim

4 Members Only • THE LATEST NEWS AND OTHER HAPPENINGS FROM POPMECH PRO

5 Can’t Stop Thinking About

Building the Perfect Campfire With Math and Science

JAPAN’S BIG BOY DEEP-SEA TURBINE HARNESSING OCEAN CURRENTS

How the World’s Largest Freshwater Fish Grew So Huge

A Growing Threat

POP MECH EXPLAINS THE UNIVERSE

How to Drift in a Production Car

The Air Force’s Bat-Winged Tanker Transport

What Happens When a Black Hole Dies

Whether Objective Reality Even Exists

GOD DOES NOT PLAY DICE

Rain Officially Becoming Unsafe to Drink

WHO REALLY KILLED SHARITA RIVERA? • Bad science may have sent Quincy Amerson to prison for life. New crime-scene tech could set him free.

THEN ASOVIET PILOT STOLE ONE. • This MiG Super Fighter Terrified NATO.

The Ultimate Guide to HOLIDAY LIGHTS!

GO WITH A PRO

READY, SET, GLOW! • The gear you need for do-it-yourself holiday decorating done right

Canon’s Pro-Grade EOS R3 and Its High-Speed Prowess

Save Time—and Your Back—With an Ergonomic Snow Shovel

A Quick-Swap Drill-Driver, the First of Its Kind • NEW GEAR OBSESSIVELY TESTED BY DIYERS LIKE YOU.

INTRODUCING POP MECH PRO

USE THIS GEAR. GET MORE DONE. • GEAR OF THE YEAR

WORK • GEAR OF THE YEAR

PLAY • GEAR OF THE YEAR

HOME • GEAR OF THE YEAR

10 Editors’ Choice • ONE PIECE OF GEAR THAT’S WON THE HEARTS OF OUR GEAR TEAM

11 Made Right • GEAR TO STAND THE TEST OF TIME