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Channel Islands: A Tale of Two Worlds
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The four members of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission pose for a portrait in their Crew Dragon flight suits at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Mission Specialist Anna Kikina from Roscosmos; Pilot Josh Cassada and Commander Nicole Aunapu Mann, both from NASA; and Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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Curiosity Daily Podcast: Big Brain Bestfriends, Mars Exploration Fleet, Brain Unpain
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Digital Twin Cities Can Shrink the Impact of Planet’s Largest Polluters
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Building Atlantropa: One Man’s Plan To Drain the Mediterranean Sea
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Why You Can’t Escape a Mosquito
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Microplastics in Blood Spotlight Health Emergency from Plastic Pollution
Greyhound
Blind Dogs Can Still Play Fetch. A Newfound Nose-to-Brain Connection Explains Why.
Acrocanthosaurus forest scene from the Cretaceous era 3D illustration
113 Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Tracks Uncovered Due to Drought
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Can this New AI Technology Help Us Understand the Languages of Animals?
Tasmanian tigers, the slim, striped keystone species, were native to Australia, including Tasmania and New Guinea previously roamed the Earth for millions of years before being driven to extinction through human hunting.
Scientists Are Resurrecting the Tasmanian Tiger from Extinction
British Winter weather with floods and snow.
All Rainwater is Unsafe to Drink According to Study
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"Street sign, isolated"
California Proposes Ban on New Gas-Fueled Cars by 2035
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How Lithium Batteries Will Improve EV Range and Rapid Charging
Flying on turbines taxicab illustrate the great speed of delivery the client in spite of the traffic jams
Air Taxis Bring Electric Flight Hype to Life in Busy Cities
Colorful silhouttes of different Electric Car or automobile types
Recycled Lithium-Ion Batteries are Outlasting Brand New Ones
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Retrofitting Older Cars with Electric Motors Could Transform Transport
Environmentally Friendly Alternative Energy Concept With Hydrogen Refuelling Station.
Hydrogen Ready to Ignite as Transport Network and Technology Takes Off
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Catch-22: How the Clean Energy Industry is Perpetuating Deep-Sea Mining
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Are Electric Highways the Way of the Future?
Solid State Batteries Promise Long Life and Rapid Refuel Electric Vehicles
Electric vs. Hydrogen: The Pros and Cons of Greener Transportation
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Grenades and Guts

Jamie and Adam investigate the cliché that a quick thinking action hero can protect his fellow cast members from a grenade blast. Meanwhile in Diet Coke and Mentos - Exploding Stomach our intrepid trio test an Internet video with an outrageous claim.

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Hindenburg Mystery

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Underwater Car

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Speed Cameras

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Dog Myths

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More Myths Reopened

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Voice Flame Extinguisher

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Birds in a Truck

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Walking on Water

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Western Myths

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Baseball Myths

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Red Rag to a Bull

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Superhero Hour

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Trail Blazers

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Exploding Water Heater

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Shooting Fish in a Barrel

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Pirates 2!

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Confederate Steam Gun

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Airplane Hour

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James Bond Special- Part 1

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Lead Balloon

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Airplane on a Conveyor Belt

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James Bond Special- Part 2

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Viewer Special 2

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