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The Science Of Bubbles
More than just good for a bath, bubbles are a focus of new research
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Meet The Physicist Who’s Building Snake Robots
Daniel Goldman studies locomotion by building animal robots
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A Bird Backpack That Can Track Migrations
Something new for the carrier pigeon to carry around.
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A Generator That Harnesses Energy From Ocean Currents
A working model of the estimated $5-million device could be ready within a year.
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The Thousand-Year-Old Viking Sunstone
A thousand years ago, Vikings navigated with a sunstone, which they used to locate the sun on cloudy days. The...
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PopSci Q&A: Seth Lloyd Talks Quantum Computing and Quoogling
The director of the Center for Extreme Quantum Information Theory at MIT answers our biggest questions
