Space Group and KOPRI. Ice Lab commissioned by British Council and curated by The Arts Catalyst.
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2014: the year this aerodynamic, flying saucer-like research station is set to open in Antarctica

15 feet: the length of a new cow-like dinosaur discovered in Utah

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1 week: the time it would take Earth’s average global surface temperature to drop below 0 degrees Fahrenheit if the sun went out

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$1,350: the price of this bio-inspired tarantula robot, which will crawl out of a 3-D printer and into your heart

520 billion: the number of gold nanodots per square inch on the thinnest light absorbers ever built

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Consisting of billions of gold nanodots, these four squares are the thinnest light absorbers ever built.

$495: the price of an “invisibility wetsuit” that hides you from sharks while you swim

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12 miles: the diameter of a new moon discovered orbiting Neptune

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44 pounds: the weight of the giant life-hunting bullets astronomers want to fire into Jupiter’s moon Europa

$150: the price of a pair of 3-D printed custom shoes

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$100: the bounty this Colorado town might pay you for shooting down a government drone

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1.5 to 1.8 liters: the amount of liquid the average active person sweats in an hour (so… how much can a human body sweat before it runs out?)

$130: the price of a new portable head-up display from Garmin

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2,556: the number of genes carried by a newly discovered megavirus, the world’s largest known virus. By volume, it is 200 times bigger than the flu.

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