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- Physics
Smile! Dimples boost your mileage
Trucks covered with tiny indentations, like those on golf balls, experience less friction.
- Tech
Better chow yields more milk
A more nutritious form of corn for dairy cows boosts farm profits, teen investigator finds.
- Health & Medicine
Fuzzy future
Kids may suffer impaired vision from spending too little time outdoors, studies suggest.
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- Tech
Building with moon rocks
Working on the moon with lunar soil and grit could prove easier, more efficient and less costly than using earthly materials.
- Climate
Major twister hits Oklahoma
Its speed, which largely determines the damage it causes, is still unknown.
- Climate
Explainer: Why a tornado forms
Tornadoes start with a thunderstorm. But they also require other ingredients, such as instability.
- Brain
A mind for math
A part of the brain associated with making memories may also predict success in learning math.
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Teens take home science gold
A low-cost, self-driving vehicle; battery alternatives and analyses of galaxy clusters claim top prizes at a global high school science competition.
- Tech
Flagging loose bolts
“Smart alert washer” automatically flags when a nut is coming loose, warning of potential danger.
- Environment
Pee is for power
The water in urine can be a source of hydrogen for electrical generators.
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