
A-Pod is an ant inspired hexapod robot.

A-Pod is an ant inspired hexapod robot.

The most ambitious microscope facility ever created for use by the general public.

In simulations involving cosmic dust, the researchers witnessed the formation of plasma crystals displaying some of the elementary characteristics of life — DNA-like structure, autonomous behavior, reproduction and evolution.

The shuttle accelerates to an orbital velocity of 17,500 milers per hour, which is 25 times faster than the speed of sound, in just over eight minutes. That’s zero to 100 mph in 10 seconds.
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The Iceman Photo Scan is an innovative project which records the complete photographic documentation of the body of the Iceman mummy.

Its eyes can actually rotate within its “skull,” so the transparency allows the wary swimmer to keep a literal eye on happenings above it, as well as to the sides and directly in front.

They sit in the Earth’s orbit, one marching ahead of our planet, the other trailing along behind.

Quantum Spin Hall Effect, Directly Observed And Explained.