In June, New York City residents were treated to a strange sight: the home of founding father Alexander Hamilton, elevated high above its foundations. The national landmark was being relocated one block away for restoration. (Published in the September 2008 issue)

As hurricane season presses on, Miami researchers are developing a new extreme technique for pinpointing how big storms damage infrastructure: Smack a full-scale, spinning test home with a Category 4 "Wall of Wind"—coconut catapult and all.

At four points along New York's East River, Olafur Eliasson's massive scaffoldings house 300-hp Thompson drain pumps to pull water from the earth, send it over a double-trough filter, and dump it back down into intake-filter pools—while keeping it green.

Prepare for NASA-worthy g-forces, blistering speed and the ride of your life: Popular Mechanics takes you behind the cutting-edge tech of next-gen coasters, PopMech TV takes you behind the scenes of the new Fahrenheit tummy lifter, and PopularMechanics.com offers you an exclusive free ride! (Published in the July 2008 issue)

America's only domestic supplier of nuclear fuel has created an advanced centrifuge that officials say is the world's fastest and largest, able to produce enriched uranium using just 5 percent of the electricity required by the company's previous design. (Published in the May 2008 issue)