Drains 101: How to Clear Drains, Prevent Smells and Use a Makeshift Sump Pump

Whether your bathroom sink is clogged, your garbage disposal smells, turkey grease is backing up the kitchen sink or your sump pump dies, there is a DIY solution. Click For More.

• PLUS: Basic Plumbing Supplies For Home Tool Kits

Guarded Optimism Vs. Doom and Gloom On Stage and Behind the Scenes: 2009 Detroit Auto Show

Out of the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, we find a tale of two auto industries—guarded optimism from execs doing the introductions on stage, and doom and gloom from those who are in the trenches. Whose message is more accurate? Click For More.

• PLUS: A Sad, Spooky World Without GM and Chrysler

The Next Biofuel Frontier: Jet Engines

In the race to power planes with plants, airlines have begun test-flying a gamut of options. From a technical perspective, it may not matter which biofuel wins, so long as there are ample contenders. Click For More.

• PLUS: Scientists Create a New Biofuel from E. Coli

What's the Future of Recycling After the Market's Precipitous Plunge?

For much of this decade, the value of recycled goods climbed steadily, reaching record highs in mid 2008. But when the American economy collapsed, demand for recyclables withered. When will recycling bounce back? Click For More.

• PLUS: 5 Popular Recycling Myths Debunked

2010 Toyota Prius, All-New 50-MPG Hybrid Packs Solar Panels, More Power: 2009 Detroit Auto Show

With unstable fuel prices and growing concern about our environment, the Prius has more mass appeal than anyone could have imagined. We predict this third generation Prius will be the most successful yet. Click For More.

• PLUS: 2010 Toyota Prius PHEV Prototype Test Drive

Moon-Rock Bricks Could Build Lunar Bases and Settlements

If NASA completes its plan to return to the moon, one of the most ambitious goals is to create a permanent base. But how do you build a structure that's stable in low gravity and resistant to bombardments from solar radiation and meteorites? Click For More.

• PLUS: How to Settle the Moon (and Pay for Sleepovers)

Exclusive Hybrid Fuel-Economy Comparison Test Drive: 2010 Honda Insight Takes On 2009 Toyota Prius

Honda's new Insight has a distinctive Prius-like five-door body, plenty of interior room and a nifty digital coaching system to help drivers use less fuel. Plus, Honda says this car will cost thousands less than the Prius. Click For More.

• PLUS: VW Jetta Diesel Tops Prius in Fuel-Economy Test

5 Tone-Deaf Products in a Recession: CES 2009

While recession-friendly products are more prevalent at CES this year, the serious excess of the pre-recession years lingers. Some products are excruciatingly tone-deaf to the ongoing recession. Here are some of the worst offenders. Click For More.

• PLUS: The Robot Massage Chair Who Loved Me

How to Read a Mechanic’s Work Order: Saturday Mechanic

Your car won’t start. Again. First stop? The repair shop. The service writer takes your information, and the mechanic takes your car. Signing that repair order doesn't have to hurt so much. Here's how to read between the lines. Click For More.

• PLUS: A Car Owner's Guide to Rebuilding Parts

Top 18 Products at CES 2009: PM Editor's Choice Awards

Amidst the thousands of gadgets on display in Las Vegas, the annual Consumer Electronics Show is a primer in innovation, smart business--and chaos. We waded through the clutter to find the products that will make a difference this year. Click For More.

• PLUS: PM's Coverage of Apple's Last MacWorld Ever!

2009 Brilliance Automotive, Sedan, Sports Coupe and Hatchback: 2009 Detroit Auto Show Preview

There are quite a few no-shows at Detroit this year from major manufacturers. And that has freed up some space on the main show floor for Chinese automakers BYD and Brilliance to move up from the basement and into the prime real estate. Click For More.

• PLUS: The Chinese Are Coming @ Detroit Auto Show

Anybot's QA: The Best Humanoid Robot Yet (with video)

For those who still believe that robots should meet, greet and move like humans—as our servants—Anybot's QA is the closest that any robot has come. The fast, agile and sleek QA is the coolest humanoid robot yet. Here it is on the floor at CES 2009. Click For More.

• PLUS: 5 Homemade Bots That Offer Hope for DIY Geeks

Join the Air Force: 8 Pneumatic Tools That Help Around the House

There's nothing new about powering tools with compressed air. Professional contractors and factory workers have been using air-powered pneumatic tools for decades. Click For More.

• PLUS: Two Reciprocating Saws, One Lop-sided Test

Is the 2010 Jaguar XFR Monster-Sedan Ready to Take On BMW M5? 2009 Detroit Auto Show Preview

We dug the Jaguar XF right from the get-go. But as good as the XF is, under the hood there was something lacking—an engine capable of taking on the 500 hp monster-sedans from Mercedes-Benz's AMG and BMW's M divisions. Click For More.

• PLUS: 2009 Jaguar XF V6 Diesel Test Drive

Oregon's GPS Mileage Tax Encourages Bad Habits: Analysis

PM's contributing editor Glenn Reynolds weighs in on Governor Ted Kulongoski's plan for a mileage tax on Oregon vehicles, one that would be levied by special GPS devices that keep tabs on your miles. Click For More.

• PLUS: The Tech Behind Tracking Cars Through GPS

NASA Renegades Pitch Obama Team New Post-Shuttle Plan

As the Obama team wrestles with the best way to put Americans back in space, a group of engineers proposed a plan that would get astronauts to the ISS in less time, and for less money. Click For More.

• PLUS: Smithsonian to Pay $42 Million for Discovery

Scientists Create a New Biofuel From E. Coli

Using new tricks of the trade, scientists at UCLA have synthesized an alcohol molecule that has as many carbon atoms as a molecule of gasoline. It releases as much energy per gallon and can be dropped right into the tank. Click For More.

• PLUS: 7 Next-Gen Biofuels to Drive Beyond Gasoline

Personal Submarines Make Backyard Diving Possible

Improved materials and electronics are bringing an age-old dream closer to reality: Cruising the depths in your own private submersible. There's a whole world out there to explore underwater, if you have the right ride. Click For More.

• PLUS: 3 Contenders Race to Perfect the Personal Sub

From Palm, Finally, a Worthy iPhone Competitor (No, Really)

Palm finally responded to the iPhone, with a multitouch smartphone of its own. The Palm Pre has a 3.1-in. multitouch display—like the iPhone—but also has a full-qwerty keyboard, a micro USB port, and an LED flash for the internal camera. Click For More.

• PLUS: With Storm, the CrackBerry Hits the Big Screen

Mt. Everest Climbers Measure Lowest Blood Oxygen Levels on Record—Their Own

Research performed on the world's tallest peak could help doctors treat intensive care patients struggling with low levels of oxygen in their own bloodstream. Click For More.

• PLUS: Extreme Tents Built to Withstand Mount Everest

Does the Stick-Up Bulb work? As Seen On TV Product Test

This shatterproof, battery-operated Stick-Up Bulb can be installed "without an electrician." We put it to the test in an unlit coat closet and tool shed, time trials to determine battery life, and incorporation into an award-winning pumpkin sculpture. Click For More.

• PLUS: 3 LED Minilights Face a Big Drop