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What's the world's longest bridge?
By Katharine Gammon, Ailsa Harvey published
Reference Explore the incredible engineering behind the longest bridges in the world
US military picks 3 companies to test nuclear propulsion above low-Earth orbit
By Elizabeth Howell published
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked three big space companies for the first phase of a larger project to test nuclear propulsion above low Earth orbit by 2025.
How do fax machines work?
By Dani Leviss published
The first fax machine used telegraph lines and was patented 33 years before Alexander Graham Bell's famous first phone call.
'Vigorous' magnetic field oddity spotted over South Atlantic
By Stephanie Pappas published
European satellites are investigating the development of two distinct weak points within the South Atlantic Anomaly of Earth's magnetic field.
DARPA's hypersonic 'Glide Breaker' could blast missile threats out of the sky
By Elizabeth Howell published
Aerojet Rocketdyne will develop "enabling technologies" for DARPA's Glide Breaker program under a newly announced contract, which is worth up to $19.6 million.
Hackers could shut down satellites — or turn them into weapons
By William Akoto published
DARPA scraps XS-1 military space plane project after Boeing drops out
By Mike Wall published
Boeing has withdrawn from Experimental Spaceplane, a U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program designed to increase the nation's access to space.
World's First 'Living Machine' Created Using Frog Cells and Artificial Intelligence
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists used computer algorithms to "evolve" an organism that's made of 100% frog DNA — but it isn't a frog.
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