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A new, flying jellyfish-like machine
Up, up in the sky: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a . . . jellyfish? That's what researchers have built - a small vehicle whose flying motion resembles the movements of those boneless, pulsating, w ... more
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NASA Sees 'Watershed' Cosmic Blast in Unique Detail
On April 27, a blast of light from a dying star in a distant galaxy became the focus of astronomers around the world. The explosion, known as a gamma-ray burst and designated GRB 130427A, tops the c ... more
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Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil
Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains in planetary regolith. Instruments on the Curiosity Mars rover not only measure the chemistry of rocks, elemental abundances of soils and ... more
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Penguin-inspired propulsion system
Back in 1991, Nature published a picture from the IMAX movie Antarctica, along with the caption: "Emperor penguins may be waddling jokes on land, but underwater they can turn into regular rockets... ... more
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