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Fancy a Job Interview With Google? You Should Probably Watch This
Google interviewers were known to ask brain teasers to job applicants, with others believing this was their way…
Imaging the Atom
Advances in electron microscopy now allow us to see individual atoms, a feat once thought impossible 30 years…
How AI Is Helping Save Medicine
DeepMind’s AlphaFold 2 solved a decades-old challenge by predicting the 3D structures of over 200 million proteins, drastically…
Metal expands when heated. What does that mean for railroads?
Hans Goldschmidt discovered that metal oxides, such as rust, react with aluminum powder to produce pure liquid metal,…
The Science of Glue
Cyanoacrylate, the main ingredient in super glue, forms long polymer chains when exposed to moisture, allowing it to…
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…
PCR Was Invented Under the Strangest Circumstances
Kary Mullis’ invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) stemmed from a mix of creative thinking and automation,…
The Surprising Usefulness of Insectoid Robots
Scientists are creating microrobots that mimic the abilities of insects, such as swimming, flying, and walking on water,…
This Cave Is a Musical Instrument
Luray Caverns in Virginia is home to the Great Stalacpipe Organ, a one-of-a-kind lithophone created by mathematician Leland…
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…