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Oct 10, 2014  Columbus Day is on Monday. The three ships in Christopher Columbus' fleet back in 1492 were the Nina, the Pinta - and the Santa Maria, which was his flagship. Centuries later, there's a great historical puzzle about the Santa Maria...
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Oct 10, 2014  Some designers say they've come up with a portable cooking pot that is powered by built-in magnets. Just grab the pull cord on the pot to spin the magnets, which in turn generate the heat. Ashley De Garmo is one of the designers...
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Oct 10, 2014  Some robots are programmed to repeat the same motions, over and over again. But the folks at Cornell University are trying something else: developing ways to help household robots be more intuitive, so they can do a better job of helping us...
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Oct 10, 2014  Suppose you want to learn something - a foreign language, let's say. What would it take to help you to learn better? Sure, motivation and practice are important. But here's another key ingredient: curiosity...
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Oct 8, 2014  If you're a wine critic, your nose and your tongue are the two most important tools of your trade. Well, some students in Denmark have created a device that they say could shake up the sommeliers. It's called the "Mini-Mouth"...
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