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Oct 11
When you bend anything, you stretch the bonds between atoms and force the little fellas to move about against their will. This image shows exactly that happening, inside a sheet of glass.
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Oct 10
Between 1923 and 1951, a diminutive Floridian single-handedly and without heavy machinery moved 1,000 tons of limestone, creating out of it a castle. This is his story.
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Oct 08
We might not always realize it, but a lot of the stuff we’re putting into our mouths has been meticulously engineered by Big Brother to turn us into robust, super-human specimens. Sure, it kind of sounds like the plot of a corny sci-fi flick—but we’d be nothing more than rickets-stricken piles of rotting teeth without it.
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Oct 08
Nuclear fusion, the same process that powers the sun, could provide us with limitless cheap energy—but experiments to date have always used more power than they created. Now, though, researchers have apparently tipped that balance, making fusion a real possibility.
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Oct 04
There’s no shortage of proposed ideas for self-assembling robots, but they’re usually either incredibly complex
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Oct 02
Why is it so hard for us humans to let go? We’re obsessed with preserving the things we love—even when logic tells us it’s time to move on. One large scale example of this irrational behavior: The billions of dollars spent to move entire towns out of harm’s way.
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Oct 02
Apple has taken on a new Engineering Director: Jean-Francois Mulé, from CableLabs, who’s an expert i
Posted in: Today's ChiliApple has taken on a new Engineering Director: Jean-Francois Mulé, from CableLabs, who’s an expert in IP voice and video, and TV apps. He claims to be "part of something big" at Apple. Make of that what you will!
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Oct 01
How Do Gas Pumps Know When to Stop?
Posted in: Today's ChiliIf you’ve ever put gas in a car, you’ll know that the pump magically knows when to stop spewing fuel into the tank. That’s super useful, and safe too. But how does it know when to stop?
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Sep 30
The second annual Architizer A+ Awards are open and awaiting submissions from designers and architects around the world.
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