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The 100 greatest innovations of 2019

We take every one of the 100 awards we dole out seriously. That final debate follows hundreds of smaller discussions in meeting rooms, Slack chats, and hallways throughout the year. Dig in, there’s some great stuff in here. Some might even call it “the best.” We sure think so.

All 100 innovations for Best of What’s New 2019 >>

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Step inside the workshop of one of the country’s finest traditional bow makers

"I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis."

–Sally Ride

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Naked mole rats look like walking steamed spring rolls (with tails). But, beneath their translucent skin, they have a 35 million year old superpower: they are super carbon dioxide breathers (trust us, they’re joining the Avengers).

THE MOLE—as in 6.02214076×10^23, the unit in chemistry used to count really really tiny stuff like atoms and molecules.