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January 5, 2012

Beads of water on the moon

During the Apollo missions, NASA astronauts shoveled, bagged and sent back to Earth close to 400 kilograms of lunar rocks and soil. But …

January 5, 2012

A whale of a wind turbine

According to conventional wisdom, things that need to move efficiently through air or water should be sleek and streamlined. Dolphins, jets and …