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July 28, 2010
Engineers at appliance maker Dyson demonstrate the aerodynamic principles of inducement and entrainment in this homage
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July 27, 2010
This new animation, developed with the help of NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer, illustrates how tropical cyclone Nargis
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July 26, 2010
Visit Dennis Hong’s lab and you'll see robots climbing walls, negotiating bumpy uneven terrain, even typing a letter.
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July 24, 2010
Bears love salmon but do not like to get their ears wet.  The Adult bears teach their young a neat little fishing trick
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July 24, 2010
They?re the larvae of a moth and look ordinary enough, but these tiny caterpillars are perhaps the strangest of their k
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July 24, 2010
As the waters rise on the Okavango Delta tiny islands form.  Safe from predators and surrounded by fish makes this the
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July 24, 2010
If just one coral settles in a suitable spot and survives, a new reef will be founded.  The coral replicates itself and
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July 24, 2010
How do you keep your drinking water clean? By hand feeding the Eels that live in it.  Eels feed on the decaying matter
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July 24, 2010
How do you catch mice hiding under several feet of snow? The Red Fox uses his acute hearing along with another little t
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July 24, 2010
Basking in the sun leaves lizards vulnerable to being caught by predators.  So the lizards have evolved an extraordinar
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July 24, 2010
These common bottled-nosed dolphins off the Florida coast are anything but common. The clever mammals have adapted to t
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July 17, 2010
Astronomer Steve Eikenberry at the Univ. of Florida is on the hunt for black holes. Using a custom built camera affixed
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July 10, 2010
Elisa Konofagou, a bioengineer at Columbia University, believes ultra sound technology could become be a vital componen
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July 09, 2010
Researchers are developing a new method to sequence the human genome. The sequencer uses an electric field to drive a s
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July 09, 2010
A long standing mystery: why groups of "lightning bugs" synchronize their illuminations has been solved.
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June 30, 2010
Fireworks displays' brilliant colors and intricate shapes explode from a blend of science and art.
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June 30, 2010
Our ancestors cooked their food, gaining vital nutrients. But charred meat causes cancer.
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June 30, 2010
New biodegradable plastics from corn, beets, sugar cane may seem more environmentally friendly than those made from pet
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June 26, 2010
Over the years, lice have evolved in parallel with their human hosts.  Studying the differences between lice from diffe
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June 19, 2010
Brain attacks killed more than 130,000 Americans in 2009. Patients have only a few short hours to get dangerous blood c
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