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Builders work on the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement arch in April 2016. Once complete, the massive arch will be slid over the reactor's current concrete sarcophagus.

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Thirty Years Later, a Gigantic Arch Is Set to Cover Chernobyl

The New Safe Confinement is one of history’s most ambitious engineering projects—and it comes not a moment too soon

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This “Sweaty” Billboard Kills Mosquitoes

Gross gimmick or Zika-fighting innovation?

The 7.8-magnitude earthquake decimated entire cities in northern Ecuador.

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Help First Responders in Ecuador Without Leaving Your Desk

Scour satellite imagery of earthquake-stricken areas to help aid agencies decide where to go next

New Research

Your Body Could One Day Be a Computer Display

Forget screen time—a new technology is all about skin time

Boat or floating farm forest? Swale is both.

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New York’s Newest Urban Farm Floats

A barge bursting with vegetables takes to the water this summer

The Age Suit at the Liberty Science Center lets users feel what it's like to get older.

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Could Virtual Reality Inspire Empathy for Others?

Virtual reality could allow users to step into someone else's shoes, experiencing things like having migraines or swapping genders

Every single one of the 148 million pixels in this portrait was based on Rembrandt's body of work.

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"New" Rembrandt Created, 347 Years After the Dutch Master's Death

The painting was created using data from more than 168,000 fragments of Rembrandt’s work

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Researchers Make Cyborg Beetles a Reality

Outfitted with microprocessor-equipped backpacks, scientists can control the beetle's steps via remote control

Broadcast towers will soon blink for the sake of birds.

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Tower Lights Will Soon Blink for the Sake of Birds

With a simple blink, tall towers can go from deadly to bird-friendly

A man with a mind-controlled prosthetic competes in a test run of October's Cybathlon in Switzerland.

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Switzerland Will Host the First Cyborg Olympics

The “Cybathlon” will show what happens when humans and machines collaborate

Shocking.

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Tesla vs. Edison Is a Video Game That Will Literally Shock You

Fight the 'War of the Currents'

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An AI-Written Novella Almost Won a Literary Prize

A short novel co-written by humans and AI passed the first round of a Japanese literary contest

Only about 2,000 people speak Lakota.

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This News Website Is a Lakota-Speaker’s “Dream”

Woihanble.com could help preserve a threatened language

You can thank William Perkin for that garish dress your best friend will make you wear at her wedding.

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How Malaria Gave Us Mauve

Tropical diseases and coal tar have a lot to do with brightly-colored clothing

Aluminized suits are used to reflect heat at the Armed Forces Firefighting School. Chanute Field, Illinois, in 1977.

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NASA’s Starting a Fire in Space

How will flames react in microgravity?

Each year, FLAP lays out birds collected by volunteers in a bid to raise awareness about the dangers of bird/building collisions.

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This Pattern Is Made of 2,100 Dead Birds

It’s all part of a bid to raise awareness of the plight of birds that crash into city buildings

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Virtual Reality is Coming to Real-Life Rollercoasters

Soar with Superman or pilot an alien-fighting jet

A satellite photo of an almost-finished solar farm near Walt Disney World in Orlando reveals a familiar face.

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The Shifting Shapes of Solar Farms

They're more than just massive fields of black panels

Are you brave enough to slide down the side of a skyscraper?

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A Restored Skyscraper in LA Will Feature a Terrifying Glass Slide

Going to the bank just got that much scarier

Interacting with a velociraptor robot is just part of the Henn-na Hotel's efficient charm.

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Japan Has a Hotel Staffed by Robots

Androids, velociraptors and talking toys are all part of the experience at the Henn-na Hotel

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