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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
August 23, 2019
Massive hydrogen-filled zeppelins could be the cargo ships of the future, space agencies are scrambling to get to the moon (again) and researchers in Florida have taken a big step toward restoring North America’s ailing barrier reef. From outer space to the depths of the ocean, we’re covering all the bases in this week’s coolest scientific discoveries.
 

Zeppelin Reunion World Tour!
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
August 16, 2019
"It’s been a hot week in the Southeast — all the better for researchers to lock themselves inside their labs and work on robots that, like MacGyver, can combine objects to create novel tools (Georgia), or robots that both look like dogs and can be trained like them to assist in search-and-rescue missions (Florida). This week’s coolest scientific discoveries begin and end on the robot frontier, with climate-cooling roofs and methane-belching cattle in between.
 

Crafty Robots
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
August 09, 2019
"Scientists made a sheet of gold that’s a million times thinner than a fingernail and could be a boon to electronics and medicine, the U.S. got its first 100% solar-powered airport, and researchers in Maryland created an elaborate questionnaire designed to stump even the most sophisticated artificial intelligence. The future is bright in this week’s coolest scientific advances, even if the bots have some catching up to do.
 

Tiny Treasure
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
August 03, 2019
Scientists found a “don’t eat me” signal that cancer cells use to hide from the immune system, a new green nanotechnology could help clean up microplastics pollution from the world’s waterways, and a Chinese algorithm is coming for our jobs. Like, our jobs, specifically: It’s an algorithm that makes readable news stories out of complicated scientific studies. Until that happens, though, here’s this week’s (entirely human-made, handcrafted, organic and artisanal) roundup of the coolest scientific discoveries on the planet.
  
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
July 27, 2019

Scientists created a gel that’s absolutely packed with bacteria-killing viruses, engineers designed a super sensitive microphone that can eavesdrop on the whispers of atoms, and researchers developed a test to quickly detect signs of sepsis in the bloodstream. This week’s coolest scientific discoveries are so small that you can’t see or hear them without special help — but their effects may be resounding.

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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
July 21, 2019
The movements of a tiny 3D-printed robot can be controlled by vibration, a large drone will look for signs of life on Saturn’s moon Titan, and researchers designed a “Trojan horse” drug delivery system that tricks tumors into letting in drugs that can kill them. Oh, the places you’ll go in this week’s 5 Coolest Things.
 

Small Is Bot-iful

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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
July 14, 2019

Scientists removed HIV from the genomes of mice, used gene editing to help the retina restructure itself, and developed an “EpiPen for spinal cord injuries.” These are big times for bold medical discoveries, but it’s not all serious — we’ve also got soft robotic fish (again!) in this week’s 5 Coolest Things.

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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
July 05, 2019

Swiss scientists are helping harness the excess heat generated by subway systems into usable energy, researchers in Washington are testing out technology for proto-telepathic communication, and a set of smart glasses under development at Stanford might work way better than progressive lenses for folks with age-related visual impairment. Get a glimpse of a fascinating future in this week’s coolest scientific discoveries.

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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
June 30, 2019

Gut bacteria that increase the performance of elite athletes, color-changing scorpion venom that’s also toxic to drug-resistant infection, beer labels that appear three-dimensional but are printed with regular ink on a regular printer — it’s a veritable grab bag of wonders in our latest roundup of the coolest discoveries in science and tech. Considered yourself forewarned, though: This week’s installment does include the phrase “hair farm.”

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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week

Sam Worley
June 23, 2019

The future’s going to be great, according to some of the coolest scientific advances this week: Robot fish will have their own circulatory systems, we’ll wear gravity-defying boots inspired by the adhesive properties of snails, and robotic limbs will be controlled by brain waves — no implants required. Read on for more about this intriguing new world.

 

Making A Mesh Of It

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