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Winner of this year's James Dyson Award, the O-Wind Turbine is designed for the chaotic wind patterns of urban environments

Astronomers Find Second-Closest Known Exoplanet — Astronomers Find Second-Closest Known Exoplanet

The planet, a frozen Super-Earth, orbits Bernard’s Star about six light-years away

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Likely the United States' first woman employee, this newspaper publisher was a key figure in promoting the ideas that fomented the Revolution

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Wes Anderson Makes Curatorial Debut — Wes Anderson Makes Curatorial Debut

The filmmaker and Malouf, an illustrator, designer and novelist, co-curated the new exhibition, which pulls from the Kunsthistorisches' vast collection

Scientists Are About to Redefine the Kilogram — Scientists Are About to Redefine the Kilogram

After more than 100 years of defining the kilogram according to a metal artifact, humanity is preparing to change the unit based on a constant of nature

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