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Silk’s superpowers
Scientists are studying the strong and stretchy material in spiders, insects and even goats.
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Supergoo to the rescue
The absorbent stuff in diapers may help clean up after a terrorist attack.
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Hubble Lives On
Scientists are planning the last servicing mission to one of the most important space telescopes of all time.
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Hubble trouble doubled
The Hubble Space Telescope has faced a series of malfunctions in the last few weeks.
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Ready, unplug, drive
Plug-in hybrid cars, coming within a few years, will help save gasoline.
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Music of the Future
Scientists create new technologies that can make any surface — from a desk to a wall — sing.
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Troubles with Hubble
Just before a planned repair mission, the space telescope went quiet.
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Nanomagnets corral oil
Scientists may have found a clever way to clean up oil spills -- with magnets.
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Undercover detectives
T-rays are digitally uncovering everything including potential terrorists, buried images on church walls, and subsurface flaws in the foam used to protect space shuttles.
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Cell phone tattlers
DNA evidence left on cell phones can help detectives solve crimes.
By Emily Sohn