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It took nearly 6,400 years to go from the simple wheel to the first automobile, but only two decades from the first car to roll off the assembly line to the first aircraft to take to the skies. Such rapid developments in quality of life can only be attributed to the human spirit, an unstoppable force always in pursuit of improvement. Join Modern Sciences in celebrating the spirit of human ingenuity through its engineering feats.
Creating Robots the Size of Insects
Scientists are developing insect-sized robots capable of flying, swimming, and jumping on water, mimicking natural mechanisms to navigate…
Supersonic jets are making a comeback – but despite the hype, don’t expect to book yet
Rendering of Boom Supersonic’s proposed Overture supersonic airliner. Boom Supersonic Chris James, The University of Queensland Late last…
‘Solar shepherds’ earn big by grazing sheep on solar farms — and they benefit everyone involved
Solar shepherds, who manage sheep grazing under solar panels, are part of a growing movement that combines agriculture…
Designing Beasts Made of Corner Store Hardware
Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests are wind-powered “walking skeletons” crafted from basic materials like tape and zip ties. With innovations…
Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn rocket to orbit − a feat 15 years in the making
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket stands ready on the launchpad. Anadolu/Contributor/Anadolu via Getty Images Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air…
Microbes can colonize space, produce drugs and create energy − researchers are simulating their inner workings to harness how
Genome-scale metabolic models capture the complex chemical reactions that allow cells to function. Yuri Arcurs/iStock via Getty Images…
Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/NOAA, CC BY-SA Rupert Sutherland, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington…
2025 will see huge advances in quantum computing. So what is a quantum chip and how does it work?
Motion Loop/Shutterstock Muhammad Usman, CSIRO In recent years, the field of quantum computing has been experiencing fast growth,…
How does the International Space Station orbit Earth without burning up?
The International Space Station orbits Earth. NASA/Roscosmos Kelly Griendling, Georgia Institute of Technology Curious Kids is a series…
NASA’s crew capsule had heat shield issues during Artemis I − an aerospace expert on these critical spacecraft components
Marcos Fernandez Tous, University of North Dakota Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled…