A small planting on a South African farm in 1976 was meant to solve an immediate problem: stopping floodwater from washing away soil and threatening livestock. The spekboom cuttings survived, but ...
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Japanese students at Nakui Agricultural High School in Aomori Prefecture developed a natural water-cleaning system after ...
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Quantum theory says a vacuum isn’t truly empty, but proving it directly has remained out of reach. A new experiment using ...
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A YouTuber has taken Lego engineering underwater, building a 6.5-pound radio-controlled submarine packed with functional Lego ...
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Using atomic force microscopy, researchers found defects on the surface that had eaten through both the Teflon film and the ...