What's so hard about making a big, floating, metal water weapon?
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Yar! The Navy Is Fixing Its Busted High-Speed Transport Ships
America’s New Female Combatants Are Getting Custom Gear
The Secretary of Defense has ordered that qualified women can now fill all combat positions in the US military. They're going to need some armor.
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Your Office Is Too Cold. Or Too Hot. But Science Wants to Help
In this lab, all kinds of new technologies compete to see which can keep the temperature normal while reducing the energy an office building uses.
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California’s Busiest Bridge Has a Serious Issue With Rust
The Bay Bridge's failures reveal the two main problems with engineering innovation.
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How Foul Weather and Physics Can Turn a Crane Into a Tragedy
Cranes use leverage to lift and move heavy objects. Under the wrong conditions, the wind can leverage a crane into disastrous collapse.
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