Apart from both being propelled by explosions of one form or another, bullets and cars share a handful of design similarities. It's all due to aerodynamics.
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AI is split among two groups -- those enthusiastic about the technology, and those worried about its implications. The 30% rule may bring balance to the issue.
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NASA's Space Shuttle program was a great idea in concept, but flawed execution led to its demise. Here are the problems it was supposed to solve but never did.
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4D printing doesn't let you print extradimensional items, but it is a promising form of manufacturing that might solve a lot of future issues.
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Snap is finally releasing its Spectacles glasses for consumers, called SPECS. They are cool (and expensive), but they may still not be suitable for daily use.
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We know that animals see the world differently than we do, and this new camera system lets us get a taste of what that looks like — on video.
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The American and Russian space programs took radically different approaches to landing their spacecraft, dictated by geography and physics. Here's why.
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AI is changing a lot of things quickly, but one unexpected consequence is the complicated process of creating a bioweapon is getting a lot easier.
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Batteries are an essential part of the transition to renewable energy, and Switzerland is going all-in by building a massive underground system.
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From passenger baggage limits to flight stability, discover the critical physics behind weight and balance that every pilot must master to stay safe.
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There's an object so deadly that even standing next to it can kill you within minutes. It's also completely man-made and only exists in a single place on Earth.
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Sick of opening new tabs just to use AI tools? Discover the new Googlebook feature that builds Gemini intelligence directly into your mouse cursor.
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The James Webb Space Telescope is one of the most impressive pieces of technology ever made, but that doesn't mean it needs to draw a lot of power to function.
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AI can be fun to play with, but a lot of AI tools out there are of questionable practicality. These are apps we've tried and found actually save time.
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Lithium is an expensive metal, and although we use lithium batteries all the time, they do have some compromises. Can all-iron batteries fix that?
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A researcher's invention wasn't practical in the 1980s, but now that 3D printing is commonplace, the next generation of scientists has made it work.
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Earthquakes can cause serious damage to buildings, but this new invention has the potential to mitigate some of that damage without needing electricity.
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Innovative technological approaches aren't limited to any one age bracket, as proven by one 12-year-old girl's revolutionary invention in 2015.
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China says it’s turning CO2 and water into jet fuel with a new breakthrough process — but can this technology really change the future of energy?
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Graphics card maker and AI titan Nvidia has been implementing AI into its own workflows in all sorts of ways, and apparently saving some serious time doing it.
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Researchers have developed a new type of flexible OLED that overcomes the long-term durability and image quality concerns of current flexible OLEDs.
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Cars are built to be most fuel efficient at a specific speed. The faster you go, the more gas you use to maintain that speed. Here's how the science works.
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An experimental hydrogen engine developed by researchers at the University of Magdeburg offers better performance than diesel with none of the emissions.
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From solar probes to deep space missions, these record-breaking human-made objects reached speeds that make bullets and jets look slow by comparison.
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Sony’s table tennis robot faced elite and professional players in a real match setting, giving us a glimpse of how AI handles fast-moving competition.
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There's a breakthrough in the fight against waste: a self-repairing material that scientists claim has a usable lifespan of more than 100 years.
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Agentic AI looks to be a promising innovation coming to shopping very soon, but one retailer has updated its terms of service in a distressing way.
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