Popular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Contents

Finding New Wonder Drugs
28
Pharmaceutical research, Gene probes, Human genome mapping
Remembering the Yanks
32
American Air Museum in Britain (Duxford, England)
TV/PC Convergence
38
PCTV.
Grass-roots Racing
40
Karts (Midget cars), Karting
By Jove, We Were Wrong
42
Space flight to Jupiter (Galileo flight), Jupiter (Planet) (Atmosphere)
Sole Survivor
62
United States Federal Aviation Administration, United States National Transportation Safety Board, Flight recorders
Driving Intelligence
66
Radar detectors
New Cars 1997
70
Automobiles, Automobiles, Foreign
Rabbit Ears Meet the Mouse
86
PCTV.
A Kinder Cut
90
Transmyocardial revascularization

Montana Run
46
Minivans (Rating), Speed limits (Montana)
Fancy Phones
51
Screen telephones (Rating)
25 Years of Magic
54
Walt Disney World (Fla.), Animatronics
Speedboat School
58
Motor boat racing (Study and teaching), Motor boats (Handling)
Window Film
92
Windows (Insulation), Solar reflectors
Hot-water Heating System
98
Water heaters
Hammer Basics
104
Hammers
Winter Workers
113
Home grounds (Equipment)

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