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Can a Retired Rocket Engine Take Us to Mars?
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Can a Retired Rocket Engine Take Us to Mars?

The space shuttle's main engine was mothballed with the program in 2011. Now NASA believes it's the future of interplanetary travel.

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9 mins  |
May - June 2022
How and Why Microplastics Invade Our Everyday Lives
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How and Why Microplastics Invade Our Everyday Lives

Organizations like the Ocean Cleanup use nets (above) to capture large pieces of trash, but microplastics often slip through. Data from a 2016 study (left) found that fibers made up as much as 71 percent of microplastics that flow into the Great Lakes.

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3 mins  |
May - June 2022
Life in the Fast Lane: Peek Inside the RVs of NASCAR's Finest
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Life in the Fast Lane: Peek Inside the RVs of NASCAR's Finest

NASCAR DRIVERS FACE A GRUELING SCHEDULE, SPENDING more time at the track than they do at home; the 2022 NASCAR schedule will cover 39 weekends this year, with up to 19 consecutive weeks of racing.

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3 mins  |
May - June 2022
We Built the World's First V-8 Tesla
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We Built the World's First V-8 Tesla

The Rich Rebuilds team had a dead model S. They fixed it with a Camaro engine

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10 mins  |
March - April 2022
This Is the Closest Scientists Have Gotten to Reaching Absolute Zero
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This Is the Closest Scientists Have Gotten to Reaching Absolute Zero

The absolute temperature scale gives measurements in Kelvins-unlike Celsius and Fahrenheit, which use degrees. Absolute zero is thus 0 Kelvin, not 0 degrees Kelvin.

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4 mins  |
March - April 2022
TCL's Latest 6-Series Television Is the First Affordable 8K TV
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TCL's Latest 6-Series Television Is the First Affordable 8K TV

Big Important Product

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6 mins  |
March - April 2022
Someday, a Pig-to-Human Organ Transplant Could Save Your Life
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Someday, a Pig-to-Human Organ Transplant Could Save Your Life

Kidneys aren't the first pig part to enter a human body. Doctors routinely transplant pig heart valves into human patients.

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4 mins  |
March - April 2022
This Natural Treasure Contains the Secret to Stronger Armor
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This Natural Treasure Contains the Secret to Stronger Armor

Keshi pearls, sourced from Akoya pearl oysters, can exhibit up to 2,615 layers of nacre, built up over a span of 548 days.

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4 mins  |
March - April 2022
Plotting the Lot: Which Cordless Lawn Mowers Cut the Most Grass
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Plotting the Lot: Which Cordless Lawn Mowers Cut the Most Grass

THE TEST

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3 mins  |
March - April 2022
I Bought a GHOST TOWN
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I Bought a GHOST TOWN

This abandoned California mining village once had 400 buildings. Now I'm restoring the 20 that remain.

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9 mins  |
March - April 2022
Digital Locks Are Shackling the Future of Tinkering
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Digital Locks Are Shackling the Future of Tinkering

It's likely been decades since you last found a service manual included in the box with a new tech product. The Right to Repair movement seeks to change that.

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3 mins  |
March - April 2022
HOW TO BUILD a BACKYARD GREENHOUSE
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HOW TO BUILD a BACKYARD GREENHOUSE

Step-by-step plans for making a plant-filled oasis

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10 mins  |
March - April 2022
Did the U.S. Lose a Crucial Testing Ground When It Left Afghanistan?
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Did the U.S. Lose a Crucial Testing Ground When It Left Afghanistan?

Members of the 82nd Airborne Division test C4 in Afghanistan in 2002

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3 mins  |
March - April 2022

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