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![A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launches the AEHF-4 satellite for the U.S. Air Force from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in the early-morning hours of Oct. 17, 2018.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uMD94XDfvffqjLCNP8dZhn-320-80.jpg)
Jam-Resistant US Military Communications Satellite Lifts Off in Midnight-Hour Launch
By Tariq Malik published
An advanced U.S. military communications satellite soared into space in the midnight hour Wednesday (Oct. 17), lighting up the sky over Florida as it launched into orbit.
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Harvard Printer Blasts Droplets with 100 Times Earth's Gravitational Force (Video)
By Rafi Letzter published
Harvard University's engineering school has produced a machine that uses sound to print anything from honey to liquid metal. And there's mesmerizing video.
![Applying an electric field to a ceramic while it forms can help it resist shattering under pressure.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CzkqNgW2v7DS4ujvLYBSLM-320-80.jpg)
Scientists Figured Out How to Make Ceramics That Bend and Mush Instead of Shattering
By Rafi Letzter published
The researchers zapped the ceramics with electric fields to prevent them from shattering (though under enough pressure they will still crack).
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What is Augmented Reality?
By Jesse Emspak published
Augmented reality is technology that not only interacts with you, but enhances your senses with images, information and audio.
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The Science Websites That We Read Every Day
By Live Science Staff published
There's a lot of junk on the internet, but the world wide web is still a wonderful place to share and discover knowledge. These are the sites we love to read.
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Pollution from Ships Creates Massive Clouds Visible from Space
By Rafi Letzter published
Thicker clouds above the North Atlantic, captured by NASA, are the result of pollution from ships passing below.
![A photo taken in 1962 captures supersonic shock waves as they pass over a scale model of the American X-15 hypersonic plane.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TFLMfzgPg9ikeEKgVqv89A-320-80.jpg)
Chinese Scientists Unveil Plans for Weird Hypersonic Jet with Extra Wing
By Rafi Letzter published
Past, American waveriders had some critical flaws that the new Chinese design aims to solve.
![A material with random irregularities scatters an incident light wave into all directions.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iVdP5Me5kuirizCpwkBVwc-320-80.jpeg)
'Beam of Invisibility' Could Hide Objects Using Light
By Charles Q. Choi published
Cloaking technologies could become a reality with a specially designed material that can mask itself from other forms of light when it is hit with a "beam of invisibility."
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