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Cranes and Planes

October 18, 2001

Teaching baby whooping cranes to fly behind an ultralight to learn how they're supposed to migrate.

October 17, 2001

Corporation has created a powder that can absorb all of the moisture in a cloud, making it …

October 16, 2001

The photosynthesis photoreceptors in spinach may be used to replace diseased-damaged photoreceptors …

October 15, 2001

Creating and testing Mars-like sedimentary rocks to learn about geology on Mars.

October 12, 2001

Creating tiny, working networks of rat brain cells on glass.

October 11, 2001

Bendable mirrors that can deform to provide a clearer view of the stars

October 10, 2001

Copper and its alloys kill virulent E. coli, but stainless steel does not.

October 9, 2001

Measuring how people hold limbs steady to unlock the secrets of tremors.

October 8, 2001

The first inhabitants of the New World were related to aboriginal Japanese, not ancestors of …

October 5, 2001

Just tasting fat sends your trigyleride levels up, increasing your body's absorption of fat

October 4, 2001

Have the chemicals in skunk musk ever been used in any beneficial way? (yep, in cover scent, …

October 3, 2001

Measuring fertilizer runoff from a lab-lawn to see how much gets into drinking water, etc.