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More than a dozen flight tests and years of development, with countless hours worked by SpaceX engineers and technicians, all ...

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In 1656, Christiaan Huygens invented a pendulum clock that, based on the period of its pendulum swings, could measure time ...

How can scientists detect dangerous sunspots they can't even see? Astrophysicist Sarbani Basu explores a groundbreaking ...

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A new toothbrush generates electricity through bristle movement to wage war on plaque-producing pathogens. The invention ...