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![Jaws of Life](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CfEoUQfpjdwPH7wWdFN3hC-320-80.jpg)
Jaws of Life: Invention, tools and uses
By Ailsa Harvey published
Reference The Jaws of Life are the favoured hydraulic tool for safely removing car crash victims. The equipment can cut car frames apart and lift crushing weights from passengers.
![bionic eye](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VDLbXnnNbVy2dSwD99PCRY-320-80.jpg)
Bionic eyes: How tech is replacing lost vision
By Mark Smith published
Reference Like something from a science fiction movie, bionic eyes are artificial eyes which can enhance and even replace lost vision. The tech is still in its infancy, but the potential is huge.
![A red bicycle is chained to a bridge in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nrkiyzhdhEUkAXonBuB2LG-320-80.jpg)
Who invented the bicycle?
By Elizabeth Peterson published
Reference The bicycle has a complicated past fraught with controversy and misinformation.
![Engineering is the application of science and math to solve problems.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HFUAjfbamNhbM8dsNSQW3D-320-80.jpg)
What is engineering?
By Jim Lucas published
Reference Engineering is the application of science and math to solve problems. Here we explore the different types of engineering.
![simple machines, wheel and axle](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TnaAicYdprQANMcCEcZT6W-320-80.jpg)
6 simple machines: Making work easier
By Jim Lucas, Scott Dutfield published
Reference Humans have invented six devices that combine to make work easier. These six simple machines are the wheel and axle, the lever, the inclined plane, the pulley, the screw and the wedge.
![World's longest bridge](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7vZ2SW397LapfDR92SR6Lf-320-80.jpg)
What's the world's longest bridge?
By Katharine Gammon, Ailsa Harvey published
Reference Explore the incredible engineering behind the longest bridges in the world
![General Atomics, Blue Origin and Lockheed Martin each received contracts for the Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program's first phase.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3KHPmH9P3Ku5R8yLj4ireJ-320-80.jpeg)
US military picks 3 companies to test nuclear propulsion above low-Earth orbit
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked three big space companies for the first phase of a larger project to test nuclear propulsion above low Earth orbit by 2025.
![Woman sending fax](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ZZoSwtwvjWTnoQZUtDU2yM-320-80.jpg)
How do fax machines work?
By Dani Leviss published
The first fax machine used telegraph lines and was patented 33 years before Alexander Graham Bell's famous first phone call.
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