How U.S. Special Forces Fit A Bridge In A Backpack
Technology By making a modular bridge that weighs 27 pounds. The Problem If U.S. Special Forces agents need to scale a wall, traverse a canal, or cross between rooftops, they typically use an everyday...
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DIY Meet the Treequencer. As summer beat down on an outdoor music festival in Brooklyn in June, four men from Portsmouth, Virginia, took shelter beneath a tent. They were one of six teams at McCarren…
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Science Good luck scaling Olympus Mons on Mars Hawaii's Mauna Kea is a gigantic mountain—but it doesn't quite stack up to some of the other landforms in our solar system. Here's a look at our...
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