Women have always had to fight for their place in engineering. Take the Afghan Girls Robotics Team. When the Taliban returned to power in 2021, most of the all-woman team fled Afghanistan, fearing (correctly) that the Islamic regime would bar women from attending school or enjoying other basic human rights. The “robot girls” have since …
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A wildfire needs three elements to start: fuel, oxygen and a heat source — what firefighters call the fire triangle. A flash drought provided the fuel. Strong winds from a passing hurricane supplied the oxygen. A powerline downed in dry grass took care of the rest. Wildfires engulfed the historic oceanfront town of Lāhainā, Hawaii, …
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“I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car.” —Bruce Springsteen in “Growin’ Up” Cars have come a long way since Springsteen wrote his iconic song lyric. Adaptive cruise control, automatic emergency braking and hands-free driving are only some of the latest features in new cars, yet the internal …
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