Makers, tinkerers, and inventors extraordinaire: welcome to Pop News, a video show meant to bring you up-to-date on the latest innovations in science, tech, space, math, engineering, and everything else Popular Mechanics.
In this episode, we take you behind-the-scenes at some of the world's largest airports to see how they're using technology to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic—spoiler alert: decontamination tunnels are a thing, now.
Plus, dig into a very real scientific question: What if the Netflix show, The Floor is Lava, used actual lava, rather than Panda Express orange sauce? Volcano experts keyed us in on the explosive reality.
We even take you back in time—just close your eyes and imagine you're in the DeLorean time machine—to our January 1914 issue of Popular Mechanics. Learn how production companies at the time were setting up fantastic stunt production feats, from sinking an 8,000-ton streamliner to an untethered jump from a hot air balloon.
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