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Steampunk rover design eliminates electronics to survive Venus

30 August 2017

The fragile electronics on Mars rovers could not withstand the hellish atmosphere on Venus. A new rover design takes inspiration from mechanical computers of the past

Lethal injection contained a chemical never tried before

30 August 2017

Florida conducted an execution last week using the anesthetic chemical etomidate, which has never before been used in a lethal injection

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Steampunk rover design eliminates electronics to survive Venus

Lethal injection contained a chemical never tried before

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