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The Incredible! Shrinking! Airplane!
Jets are getting bigger, yet, inch by inch, our personal space dwindles. How the %*#+ does that work?
10+ min |
Fall 2018
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How A Sand Scientist Helped Win World War II
A tale of innovation, war, and glory.
10+ min |
Fall 2018
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Downhill Dynamo
Extreme Skiers Like Davo Karnicar Are Why Extreme Skis Exist
2 min |
November - December 2017
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Eyes On The Skies
Jane Poynter Wants to Take You Higher in a Very Big Balloon —and Give Science a Lift Too
2 min |
November - December 2017
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Mod Squad
With drought parching the West, seeding clouds for snow is more important than ever. Could this team of scientists prove it really works?
10+ min |
July - August 2017
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Pillar Of Fire
In 2011, a New Mexico wildfire went from normal to nuclear, kicking up a 45,000-foot column of tornadic winds and burning debris. Three local scientists set out to learn why.
10+ min |
July - August 2017
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Storm Kings
Creating fearsome weather, indoors.
9 min |
July - August 2017
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How To Create A Robot Icon
Engineers built seven versions of BB- 8 for filming, plus one for red carpet events.
5 min |
December 2015
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Bitcoin: The Future Of Money
Currency has gone from cows to coins to paper to plastic. The next big disruption? We could all be spending digital dough.
10 min |
January - February 2016
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Designing The Robot Next Door
When you spend time, money and emotional capital providing care, you don’t have to go it alone.
3 min |
January - February 2016
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Everyone Will Be A Gamer in the Future
Keep struggling with the same issues? Charlotte Haigh MacNeil explains how to break free.
3 min |
March - April 2016
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Are We Ready for Designer Babies?
Did you get enough shut-eye last night? With insomnia on the rise, the answer is probably ‘no’. But what exactly is keeping you awake? Anna Pointer finds out.
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March - April 2016
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Want To Live Forever? Science Takes On Aging
Want more birthdays? Science can help.
10+ min |
March - April 2016
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How ISIS Is Taking War to Social Media
ISIS goes viral - and the world fights back.
10+ min |
March - April 2016
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Edward Snowden: The Internet Is Broken
Edward Snowden on our digital naiveté.
6 min |
May - June 2016
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How to Re-Create the First Intercontinental Weapon
DIY-history columnist William Gurstelle gives bygone weapons a modern spin.
1 min |
May - June 2016
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Welcome To Drone-kota
A cottage industry wants to put North Dakota on the map.
10+ min |
May - June 2016
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Your Next Vacation Could Be To 100,000 Feet
Your next vacation could be to 100,000 feet - Balloons like this one will tow a capsule that has seating for six passengers and...a bar.
10+ min |
August 2015
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The Race To Build The Hyperloop
Elon Musk proposed a ridiculously audacious form of transportation. Now, startups are racing to bring the hyperloop to life.
10+ min |
July 2015
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Mission Europa - Jupiter Or Bust
Jupiter's ocean-filled moon might hold the life we've long searched for in space. And scientists have one shot to reach it.
10+ min |
September 2015
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Let's Talk About Martians
We found the perfect excuse to geek out on exploring Mars - in science fiction and real life. And we invited the director of The Martian to join us.
7 min |
October 2015
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Born [Not] To Run
Police Cruisers And Getaway Cars Are Racing Toward An Unknown Future.
7 min |
Winter 2018
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How To Get Ready For Hurricanes, Tsunamis, Floods, and Earthquakes
Seismologist Lucy Jones is on a crusade to prepare us—and our infrastructure—for the next Big One.
5 min |
Winter 2018
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The Winding, Heated, And Absurdly Technical Oral History Of The Ginger Emoji
In November 2014, a tech-industry consortium announced a new set of emoji that would diversify the physical appearance of the pictograms.EMMA KELLY, editor and founder of the site Ginger Parrot: I checked and saw that redheads were just not on there. I wondered, has no one brought this up? Is there no one at Apple with red hair? Has everyone forgotten about Ed Sheeran?
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Fall 2018
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Where The Buffalo No Longer
DESPITE WHAT SEEMS LIKE A CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORY, OUR NATIONAL MAMMAL MIGHT STILL BE AT RISK.
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Summer 2019
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Rise Of The Plastic Eaters
Scientists have new hope that nature might hold a solution for our most problematic polymers
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Summer 2019
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Get Ready to Rumble
Working the controls of an excavator is a little like flying a helicopter in that it requires the use of both hands independently, as well as your feet.
10+ min |
May - June 2017
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A Mini Medieval Siege Weapon
AROUND THE TURN OF THE 14TH CENTURY, ENGLAND’S KING EDWARD I led his soldiers north to battle Scottish rebels.
2 min |
September - October 2016
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Temple Of Boom
An aggressively powerful car stereo can literally blow your hair back if you feed it a tune with enough thumping bass. But cranking the volume on a cheap set of Craigslist subwoofers risks eardrum- assaulting distortion. A custom setup based on these components will shake the ground under your tires while preserving the essence of the new Post Malone (or the old Public Enemy).
1 min |
Spring 2019
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Snaking Transit Through Ancient History
In Profile / Rossella Rea.
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