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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Researchers are laying the groundwork for carbon-free flight, zeroing in on how Alzheimer’s spreads inside the brain, and translating what sperm whales say to each other. This week’s coolest things show what happens when science goes deep.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
A brain implant that could help restore sight, the first possible planet spotted outside our galaxy, and a skin fix that could help burns disappear. This week’s coolest things are visions to behold.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Seeing a hurricane from the inside, solving the “three-body problem” by predicting stars’ random orbits and treating depression with precise brain stimulation. This week’s coolest things are all in and far out.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
A bipedal robot that can walk and fly, a night cap that aims to clear out “brain trash” and a cancer breakthrough that could help stop certain cancer cells in their tracks. This week’s coolest things are turning the clock backward and forward at the same time.
This Robot Does The Locomotion
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
An algorithm that could help diagnose cancer, flooring that draws power from footsteps and a frozen heart muscle that lives to beat another day. This week’s coolest things prove there’s magic happening behind the scenes.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
A cancer treatment from pea plants, woolly mammoths against climate change, and sensitive 3D-printed objects — this week’s coolest things take inspiration from the past and the present to engineer the future.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Tiny 3D-printed catalysts could help keep hypersonic aircraft from overheating, “tumor avatars” could help doctors treat cancer, and a touch screen without the screen. This week’s coolest things are so hot they will make you look twice.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Echoing Albert Einstein, scientists are creating matter from energy, building bridges from carbon and making vaccines from plants. This week’s coolest things turn over a whole new leaf.
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
A centuries-old light experiment could lead to an Earth-sized telescope, a futuristic robot that’s built to run and a car that can fly. This week’s coolest things, which brings you recent highlights from our column, are a trip back to the future.
We Were Promised Flying Cars — And Now We Have Them
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The 5 Coolest Things On Earth This Week
Laser pincers that could fetch antimatter, a squishy insulator that can shapeshift into a conductor, and a 3D map of a tiny chunk of a mouse’s brain that could help make AI smarter. This week’s coolest things go big by going small.