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Who invented the bicycle?Reference The bicycle has a complicated past fraught with controversy and misinformation.
By Elizabeth Peterson Published
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What is engineering?Reference Engineering is the application of science and math to solve problems. Here we explore the different types of engineering.
By Jim Lucas Published
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6 simple machines: Making work easierReference 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.
By Jim Lucas Published
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What's the world's longest bridge?Reference Explore the incredible engineering behind the longest bridges in the world
By Katharine Gammon Published
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US military picks 3 companies to test nuclear propulsion above low-Earth orbitThe 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.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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How do fax machines work?The first fax machine used telegraph lines and was patented 33 years before Alexander Graham Bell's famous first phone call.
By Dani Leviss Published
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'Vigorous' magnetic field oddity spotted over South AtlanticEuropean satellites are investigating the development of two distinct weak points within the South Atlantic Anomaly of Earth's magnetic field.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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DARPA's hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' could blast missile threats out of the skyAerojet Rocketdyne will develop "enabling technologies" for DARPA's Glide Breaker program under a newly announced contract, which is worth up to $19.6 million.
By Elizabeth Howell Published
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DARPA scraps XS-1 military space plane project after Boeing drops outBoeing has withdrawn from Experimental Spaceplane, a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program designed to increase the nation's access to space.
By Mike Wall Published
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