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This Speedy, Wall-Crawling Conveyor System Will Now Deliver Books at the New York Public Library
Like a robotic, book-carrying train
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This Music Was Composed by Climate Change
Dying forests make magnificently melancholy listening
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Fake Towns Could Help People With Alzheimer’s Live Happier Lives
Model towns meant to spark memories could help patients with dementia
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Augmented Reality Art Imagines What Could Be Seattle’s Weird, Bleak Future
Artist envisions mutant flowers and drone-like seaweed that may one day take over a post-climate change Seattle
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What Will the Memorials of the Future Look Like?
From underwater trees to mechanical parrots, the memorials of tomorrow don’t look much like the ones that exist today
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Explore Skulls and Artifacts From a 16th-Century Warship
The Mary Rose was the pride of Henry VIII’s fleet before it sank at sea
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This Robot Is Soft and Squishy Inside and Out—No Wires or Batteries Necessary
“Octobot” uses a deceptively simple fuel source and inspiration from the depths of the sea
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Explore Some of America’s Greatest National Parks in Virtual Reality
The next best thing to celebrating the Centennial in person
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Not So Fast: Here’s Why That Chinese Elevated Bus May Not Be Quite What It Seems
The TEB is the latest iteration of a concept that’s been “floating” for decades, but it has some big problems
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Scientists Uncover a “Hidden” Portrait by Edgar Degas
A powerful X-ray unveiled one of the painter’s rough drafts
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New Observation Tower Is World’s Thinnest
Brighton’s West Pier comes back to life…as a crazy vertical viewing tower
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The First Private Lunar Landing Was Just Approved
Moon Express will head to Earth’s nearest neighbor in 2017
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Chernobyl Might Get a Second Life as a Solar Power Plant
From nuclear disaster to renewable energy
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How Sojourner Truth Used Photography to Help End Slavery
The groundbreaking orator embraced newfangled technology to make her message heard
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Why VHS and Five Other Formats May Live Forever
The final VCRs will ship later this month, but if recent history is any indicator, it doesn’t mean the VHS format will vanish for good
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Italy Just Hosted the First Olympics-Like Competition for People With Down Syndrome
The unique competition drew 1,000 athletes
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This Classical Mandolinist Makes Music With…Instagram?
“InstaConcerto for Mandolin and Orchestra” plays with a genre known more for its selfies than its chamber music
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