On Monday the Smithsonian Institution launched a Kickstarter campaign to preserve astronaut Neil Armstrong’s Apollo…

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Remember how elated you were when Mattel announced it would be releasing a replica of the hoverboard from Back to the Future 2

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Professional daredevil Nick Macomber made history over the weekend, conducting the first successful jetpack flight…

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Blaine Gibson, a designer of countless sculptures and audio-animatronic figures at Disney Parks, has died. He was 97.

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Another day, another promise that flying cars are just over the horizon. It’s like that movie Groundhog Day except…

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