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An orchid discovery in plain sight, upcycling 4,000 plastic bottles into a home, a collision of art and electronics and more
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An orchid discovery in plain sight, upcycling 4,000 plastic bottles into a home, a collision of art and electronics and more
Fighting book bans with a free electronic library card, an obsidian hand-axe workshop, elephants against climate change and more
Researchers have devised a robot that can liquefy and then reform—an characteristic inspired by sea cucumbers that rapidly change their stiffness. The shape-shifting invention can move between liquid and solid states by …
Fossilized worm brains, cranberry packaging, the wet history of Mars and more inspiration from nature
The Nanomia bijug is a gelatinous marine animal related to jellyfish that uses a dozen or more independent jets to swim. This design enables two swimming styles: one that syncs all of the …
Dreaming spiders, an AI that fixes roads, a remote-controlled robot surgeon and more this week
Astounding images of space, environmentally conscious oyster farmers, hip-hop's contribution to HIV activism and more
Abortion funds, robo-fish that collect microplastics, the architecture of the National Juneteenth Museum and more from around the web
Scientists at Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University have invented tiny, self-propelled robot fish that can be programmed to remove free-floating microplastics from the sea by latching onto and absorbing them into …
Linking time crystals, land rematriation, robots in space and more from around the web