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For These Shows, Take a Hike

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If you participate in a sound walk and no one is there to applaud, does it count as theater? Our critic argues that it does. Or at least that it can.

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Sidewalk-robot startup celebrates 1 million deliveries

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Enlarge / Annika Keeton. (credit: Starship) Last March, just as the Washington, DC, area was locking down for COVID-19, I traveled to George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, to eat a hamburger delivered by a robot. The robot was owned by delivery startup Starship. Today, Starship announced it has completed 1 million deliveries. Annika Keeton, a […]
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DOJ repatriates looted “Dream of Gilgamesh” tablet, other artifacts to Iraq

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Plant-based nanocrystals could be the secret to preventing crunchy ice cream

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Enlarge / Don’t you hate it when ice crystals form and make your ice cream all crunchy? Scientists at the University of Tennessee found that plant cellulose could work better than the additives manufacturers currently use to slow the growth of ice crystals. (credit: Sally Anscombe/Getty Images) We’ve all made the mistake of leaving a […]