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- Tech
Morphing a Wing to Save Fuel
Airplanes of the future might change the shape of their wings as they fly.
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- Environment
Earth-friendly fabrics
Shirts made from bamboo, socks made from corn, and jackets made from chicken feathers may be in your fashion future.
- Planets
Back to the moon
NASA unveiled its plans for establishing a base on the moon by the year 2024.
- Animals
A tongue and a half
A nectar-sipping bat from South America has a skinny tongue that's longer than its body.
- Environment
To catch a dragonfly
Dragonflies are giving researchers new ways to think about relationships among animals.
- Space
Red dwarfs in the neighborhood
Astronomers have found 20 previously unknown star systems in Earth's galactic neighborhood.
- Space
Secrets of an ancient computer
A 2000-year-old astronomical computer could calculate planetary positions and predict eclipses.
- Animals
Lives of a mole rat
The toothy mammals known as mole rats have highly unusual bodies, brains, and social lives.
- Animals
Chicken talk
Chickens can make meaningful sounds that, like words, refer to objects around them.
