Always a highlight of the month, when one of my favorite magazines shows up, like Discover, Popular Mechanics, or Popular Science.

This is the list of what's in this month's Popular Science, scanned directly from the column:

AUTOGIRO
AVIATION, FRINGES OF
BABA GANOUSH
BAY, TIDAL
BEAMED PROPULSION
B-GRADE FLICKS
BOSTON STRANGLER
BRIMSTONE
BROOD X CICADAS
CELL SENESCENCE
ELECTROLYSIS
EVIL MIDGETS
FENDER BENDER
FOLDING HACKSAW
FUMES, SUFFOCATING
HIPPO SWEAT
HOBBIT
HYDROGEN ECONOMY
INVISIBLE CLOAK
ISOPRENE
KEVIN BACON, SIX DEGREES OF
LYSOSOMAL ENHANCEMENT
MARTIAN VEGETATION
METHUSELAH MOUSE
MILITARY SURPLUS JETS
NATURALIST-AS-CACTUS
PHYSICS-THEMED POETRY
PONZI SCHEME, BIOLOGICAL
PROZAC PARADOX
QUANTUM DOTS
RASPUTIN
READY BEER GUY
RISK AVERSION
RNA INTERFERENCE
SHAKESPEARE'S ENGLAND
SMOOTH-TALKING ROGUES
SOLAR PARTICLES
TABBED BROWSING
TABOULI
TELOMERASE
VINTAGE ACCORDION
XM SATELLITE HANDHELD
ZENITH