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No flock will mess with this robot – which is precisely the point
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The 2014 Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award Winners
These 10 innovators in science, history, society and the arts are a testament to the imagination and hard work that define the nation’s spirit
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Can Fingerpainting Save the World?
Brooklyn artist Zaria Forman has Arctic landscapes at her fingertips
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James Marsh Enters Stephen Hawking’s Universe
The director on his new film, The Theory of Everything
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The History of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, 50 Years After Its Construction
Built in 1964, the span still stands as Americas’ largest suspension bridge
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Is This the Future of Robotic Legs?
Hugh Herr’s bionic limbs have already revolutionized life for amputees (including himself). Now he’s envisioning new capabilities for everyone else
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The Amazing Results When You Give a Prison Inmate a Liberal Arts Education
Prison reform activist Max Kenner champions the transformative power of a college degree for inmates nationwide
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When Dazzling Art Transforms the Cityscape
Janet Echelman’s sky-high sculptures, created from miles of fiber, cast a magical spell over urban spaces
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Coming to Terms With One of America’s Greatest Natural Disasters
Documentary filmmaker Bill Morrison plunges us into the Great Flood of 1927
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Meet the Two Scientists Who Implanted a False Memory Into a Mouse
In a neuroscience breakthrough, the duo pioneered a real-life version of Inception
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Could This Be the Answer to the Tech World’s Diversity Problem?
Kimberly Bryant hopes to crack the code with her organization that teaches young girls of color how to program
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Rosanne Cash on Discovering New Artistic Terrain
The singer-songwriter looked to her Southern ancestors to come up with a different kind of concept album
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How One Physicist’s Pursuit of the Cosmos Took Off in Antarctica
Francis Halzen’s amazing experiment heralds the beginning of a new era in astronomy
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How Palmer Luckey Created Oculus Rift
The young visionary dreamed up a homemade headset that may transform everything from gaming to medical treatment to engineering—and beyond
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Why Is Colonel Pronounced With an R? And More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
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Prehistoric Rock Art to Visit Around the World
Scientists just discovered some of the world’s oldest art in a cave in Indonesia. Want to see more prehistoric masterpieces? Here are eight other options
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Tornadoes Are Now Ganging Up in the United States
Twisters are not increasing in numbers but they are clustering more often, a bizarre pattern that has meteorologists stumped
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A Mysterious Force is Acting on Saturn’s “Death Star” Moon
Tiny, cratered Mimas is wobbling way more than it should be, hinting that it might contain either an oddly shaped core or a subsurface ocean
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Rebuilding a Frank Lloyd Wright Classic With 3-D Printed Blocks
A 70-year-old chapel on the campus of a Florida university is being restored thanks to new, innovative technology
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How Do You Clean Up an Ebola Patient’s Home?
Decontaminating biohazard sites can be a tough job, but the hardest microbe to wash away may not be what you think
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