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Seven megaprojects that would change the world

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Seven megaprojects that would change the world

We've built canals between oceans and tunnels under the sea. But some engineers are thinking bigger. Much, much bigger

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Eels use electricity to remote control prey movements

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Eels use electricity to remote control prey movements

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Hypnotising patterns created in electric soap films

Physics

Hypnotising patterns created in electric soap films

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Smartwatch detects skin's electricity to predict seizures

Technology

Smartwatch detects skin's electricity to predict seizures

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I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair

Technology

I want to build solar cells thinner than a human hair

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Food bland? Electric spoon zaps taste into every bite

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Powering up the poor shouldn't hurt the climate

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Prosthetic hand recreates feeling of cotton bud touch

Prosthetic hand recreates feeling of cotton bud touch

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Technology

Computer mind meld gives voice to man after a stroke

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Temperature-driven clock sparks new kind of generator

Technology

Temperature-driven clock sparks new kind of generator

Inspired by a 1920s clock that harnessed changes in the volume of a gas as it heats and cools, researchers may be able to power sensors cheaply for decades

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Beijing's coal ban may herald the end of the fuel

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World's poor need grid power, not just solar panels

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Life

Spark of life revisited thanks to electric bacteria

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Life

Meet the electric life forms that live on pure energy

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