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Your finger can feel the change of a single atom in a material

Your finger can feel the change of a single atom in a material

4 May 2021

We mostly tell textures apart by their surface characteristics, but now we know that the human fingertip can sense molecular changes, even if it’s just a single swapped atom
Why billionaires are fighting over who gets to land humans on the moon

Why billionaires are fighting over who gets to land humans on the moon

30 April 2021

After NASA selected SpaceX to land humans on the moon in 2024, its competitors Blue Origin and Dynetics filed complaints with the US government

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