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A tidal turbine powers up
July 1, 2021, 11:59 a.m.
This month on Newsdesk: a tidal turbine powers up, the secrets of elephant trunks, and plastic-clearing boats.
A new space telescope
May 27, 2021, 3:24 p.m.
This month on Newsdesk: a new space telescope, volunteers try living without clocks, and a wolf camera goes wild.
An energy-harvesting shirt
April 22, 2021, 10:26 a.m.
This month on Newsdesk: an energy-harvesting shirt, a city on Mars, and passenger airships return to the skies.
Elephant-detecting cameras
March 24, 2021, 2:29 p.m.
This month on Newsdesk: Elephant-detecting cameras, drones deliver medicines, and Fiji’s coral reefs recover!
A biofuel-powered rocket
Feb. 25, 2021, 4:46 p.m.
This month on Newsdesk: A biofuel-powered rocket, vertical farms grow fresh veg, and clothes made from wood!
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Planes break the speed of sound
Jan. 28, 2021, 1:19 p.m.
Modern planes can reach extremely high speeds. The American pilot Chuck Yeager helped pave the way for high-speed planes..jpg)
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Great white sharks get tracked by drones
Dec. 17, 2020, 10:04 a.m.
This month on Newsdesk: Great white sharks get tracked by drones, tyre microplastics get recycled and a huge seed bank stores billions of seeds.
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3-D printed moon buildings
Nov. 18, 2020, 4:29 p.m.
Astronauts will soon be heading back to the Moon, and this time, NASA plan to construct permanent buildings on the lunar surface.
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A growing threat to coral reefs
May 18, 2020, 11:58 a.m.
The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the world’s largest coral reef. Scientists are now warning that high temperatures have led to widespread coral bleaching.
A surprising new use for an old mattress
April 1, 2020, 12:38 p.m.
Residents at Zaatari Refugee Camp have teamed up with scientists to grow plants in the foam from old mattresses.