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Sep 21, 2021
Meat vending machines are just the latest way the pandemic has reinvented eating
New forms of digital ordering—and the remodeling of an older idea—are changing the pandemic dining experience.
Sep 09, 2021
The newest Roomba is finally smart enough to avoid pet poop
iRobot just made a POOP guarantee. Here's why.
Dec 22, 2020
An inside look at how fiber optic glass is made
At Corning’s Wilmington, North Carolina factory, high temperatures and intense chemistry turn silica into the backbone of the internet.
Sep 08, 2020
To hit renewables targets, countries are sharing energy across borders
It takes a lot more than adding wind turbines and solar panels to transform a giant power grid.
Aug 27, 2019
Inside New York City’s vanishing community of repair shops
Skilled fixers still service everything from cameras to denim.
Aug 27, 2019
Inside New York City’s vanishing community of repair shops
Skilled fixers still service everything from cameras to denim.
May 30, 2017
10 huge machines that changed science
When it comes to science, brawn can be brilliant.
May 08, 2017
At this amusement park, drive the heavy machinery you loved as a kid
Like your sandbox days, but bigger. Much, much bigger.
Apr 24, 2017
This excavator is one of the largest land vehicles on Earth
A mining monster, by the numbers.
Apr 20, 2017
Where does the poop go?: The hidden machines of cruise ships
Behind the scenes of the life aquatic
