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From 'rusty rattletraps' to 'big black jacked-up' rides, the vehicles symbolize blue-collar identity while flaunting bourgeois prosperity
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With heavy fog and windy conditions, sailing into San Francisco Bay has long been a hazardous affair. Then, in 1870, things got a lot safer
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Judging from the GoFly competition, they're much more likely to resemble flying motorbikes
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A team of Colombian students has created a wool-like material from coconut fibers, hemp and mushroom enzymes
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Landing on an aircraft carrier's 300-feet runway seems like an impossible task
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Painstaking imaging of cultural heritage sites worldwide has the potential to usher in a new era of participatory preservation efforts
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The Sea Wiz is the affectionate nickname given to a 20mm Vulcan Cannon on board the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. It fires 4,500 rounds a minute
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A technology breakthrough allows surf legend Kelly Slater to manufacture the same wave over and over again
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Apps that allow users to pay for services in redeemable credits instead of cash are helping to build communities
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Some researchers believe it could help predict student violence. Others worry about unintended consequences
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A new water harvester can extract water from extremely dry air, using only solar energy
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The speedy collection of this data will help with crop management and flood prediction
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Mexico's second largest city has nimbly transformed into a R&D hotpsot, offering a model for the country's future
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Virtual simulations attempt to show how faith influences human behavior in the face of terror
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Compounds in your breath could help AI detect illnesses, including different cancers
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It was the first time that computer-generated characters interacted with human actors on screen. How has the technology improved since then?
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The machine prints sheets of a skin substitute directly onto burn wounds, potentially making skin grafting faster, cheaper and easier
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In-flight virtual reality entertainment? Bunk beds in the cargo hold? These innovations may be the future of flight.
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Chicago, home to some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world, throws some pretty unusual challenges at its daring window cleaners
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A pilot project trained Syrian refugees at a Jordan camp to create maps—an invaluable tool in a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis
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