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NASA Hits a Hole-In-One
How are NASA and golf related? Ask the professional golfers using clubs made from NASA's space-age technology. NASA…
Dress Sizes The Scientific Way
In pre-industrial America, most clothing was crafted at home or by professional tailors or dressmakers from individual…
Hydropower Basics
Flowing water creates energy that can be captured and turned into electricity. This is called hydropower. Hydropower is…
What Are Composite Materials?
A composite material is one in which two or more separate materials have been combined to make a single construct having…
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- X-Ray Astronomy vs. Medical X-Rays
- A New Twist on Fiber Optics
- Bicycle Chain for Fleas
- Cool Fuel Cells
- Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
- Drip, Drip Water Clocks
- Fiber Optics
- GPS (Global Positioning System)
- Hollywood To The Rescue
- How Can A Bullet-proof Vest Stop A Bullet?
- How We Use Crystals To Tell Time
- Hybrid Cars: The Magic Braking
- Infrared Headphones
- Liquid Crystal Communication
- NASA Hits a Hole-In-One
- New York to London in Less Than Two Hours
- Non-Flammable Fuel?
- Pass the Basalt
- Red Dot Replacing Cross Hairs
- Searing Heat, Little Package
- Seeing In The Dark
- Smoke Detectors
- Space Lasers Keep Earth's Air Clean