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Learn about the exciting applications of polymers – the secret ingredient to most toys – and make your own bouncy … More

Boeing 314 Flying Boat – Pan American Airways long-range aircraft. In February1936, Pan Am asked aircraft manufacturers for competitive bids … More

Commemorative Air Force Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) – civilian female pilots, employed to fly military aircraft under the direction … More

Diffusion of metallurgy in Europe and Asia Minor. The darkest areas are the oldest. Bronze Age – a period characterized … More

Meet the people in brain imaging technology Katrin Amunts (video 3:54) is helping to map one of biology’s greatest conundrums: … More

Do It Challenges for you to work on… Design and build a bobsled to compete in the Olympics or race … More

History The First Board Game (5000 BC) – Most people don’t realize board games are actually pre-historic, meaning we had … More

A bionic arm combines robotics, biotechnology, and electronics to recreate the functions of the human arm. Advances in bionics can … More

Biplane – a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first aircraft to fly, the … More

Bluetooth – an industrial specification for wireless personal area networks (PANs). Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information … More

Biomimicry – Inefficiency doesn’t last long in nature. As a result, human engineers and designers often look to Mother Nature … More

Humans have used biomass energy since the time when people began burning wood to make fire. Biomass is still the … More