The nuclear legacy
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Nuclear technology has provided cheap and clean energy for the past 50 years. Its negative impact, however, has been nuclear waste which is difficult to dispose. A discussion of some of the efforts being done to address the problems of nuclear waste disposal is presented.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1995
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Living in a virtual world
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Virtual reality, or reacting to a computer-designed environment by means of effectors and sensors, has become increasingly sophisticated and is now being used in a variety of ways, ranging from medicine and entertainment uses to military tank training.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1993
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Comet blaster
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Plans by NASA to intercept a comet are examined in detail. A spacecraft is set to be launched in Jan 2004. It will blast open the comet Tempel 1 to enable analysis of its interior structure.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 2001
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