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As humankind expands into the far reaches of the world - we build things. Bridges, cities, buildings. How do those things get built?
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A big asteroid will eventually hit the Earth. What can we do to push it out of the way?
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It's the physical network of thousands of fiber miles and servers that create the multibillion-dollar infrastructure that makes Google Google
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Chocolate consumption statistically relates to Nobel Prizes
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Most fermenting species of yeast are found on animals, insects and rotting fruit, so cultivating yeast from a person's body might not be that far-fetched
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The seemingly too-good-to-be-true 4-hour workweek has a few glaring caveats
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England will soon begin construction on its first building built entirely from waste
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The 3D printing gun idea has taken off, but Stratasys, the company who's printers are being used, isn't happy about it. They want their printers back
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Using a mask made upon the great physicist's death, scientists created a 3D scan of Newton's visage
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If you think Curiosity is exciting, imagine where we could have been if someone had put these guys in charge
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iPad app sees Einstein's autopsied brain digitized
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This site tracks thousands of passenger planes as they fly around the world
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Not everyone at the Pentagon is ready to embrace the new robot army
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Researchers are studying the surprising side effects of the banana spider's bite
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Video game designers are pushing away from their old best friend, the television
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There may be 70 million people tracking their family members through GPS-enabled phones in 2016
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An excess of dead wood in Canada has designers thinking big
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Rigid illuminated rings could help unwanted bycatch escape from fishing nets
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A patient with no vision was recently outfitted with a bionic eye that restored some of her sight
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The "After the Storm" workbook that helps parents sort out their kids' feelings following a potentially traumatic hurricane
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