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Popular Science

Magazine that photographed the 1930s glove and described it as paralyzing yet 'humane' because it left 'no burns or other after-effects.'

Known aliases

  • PopSci
  • Popular Science Monthly

Current stories

scienceOne report1 publisher

Ukrainian firms swap air for a printed lattice in ground-robot tires

Print&Live UA and iSCALE 3D have developed a 3D-printable airless tire for Ukrainian ground robots, Popular Science reports. It is already in use at the front, the outlet says, but every performance claim comes from the companies.

Publishers:popsci.com

Reality

Evidence22
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+30
Incentives60
Confidence40
scienceOne report1 publisher

Newspaper syndication spread a term paper's ergot theory of Salem across the US and Canada in weeks

Historian Margo Burns says newspaper syndication carried Linnda Caporael's 1976 ergot paper across the US and Canada within weeks. Joe Rogan discussed the theory enthusiastically on his show as recently as 2023, though it was debunked within a year.

Publishers:popsci.com

Reality

Evidence60
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap
Not scored
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence50
scienceOne report1 publisher

Scientific American layoffs revive echoes of the 1986 science magazine crash

Scientific American's June 2026 sale cost 15 jobs. The count now used to place that loss in the history of science media tracks print magazine closures back to the 19th century, and a newsroom that shrinks and keeps publishing counts as a survivor.

Reality

Evidence50
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+5
Incentives20
Confidence55
productOne report1 publisher

From Omaha students to ICE: the shock glove sold as camera-proof force

Compliant Technologies pitches its electric glove as compliance without the bad video. The specification being sold is not less pain, it is less evidence.

Publishers:gizmodo.com

Reality

Evidence38
Adoption20
Hype gap+22
Incentives74
Confidence42