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NASA reveals winners of its Venus rover design contest

The second prize of $ 10,000 went to “Skid n ‘Bump” from the California Rovetronics team. According to the team, it includes a “fully mechanical, mostly passive” system of cams, springs, gears and shafts that allow a metal probe to detect obstacles and transmit information to the probe. Meanwhile, third …

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Flames provide the key to immunotherapy

While Fifi, the llama chews grass in a grass in Reading, her immune system has provided the template for a breakthrough in coronavirus treatment. Scientists at the Rosalind Franklin Institute in the UK have used Fifi’s specially developed antibodies to make immune-boosting therapy. The resulting flame-based Covid-specific “antibody cocktail” could …

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Johnnie Walker whiskey will be sold in paper bottles.

Image copyright Getty Images / Diageo Johnnie Walker, the whiskey that traces its roots 200 years ago, will soon be available in paper bottles. Diageo, the beverage giant that owns the brand, said it plans to test the new organic packaging starting next year. While most Johnnie Walker is sold …

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