Scientists Make Shapeshifting Robot To Navigate Tricky Environments
“Giving robots the ability to switch between liquid and solid states endows them with more functionality,” says engineer Chengfeng Pan.
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MELTING
Polar ice caps melting six times faster than in 1990s
The polar ice caps are melting six times faster than in the 1990s, according to the most complete analysis to
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Hidden island uncovered in Antarctica after melting glaciers reveal its shore
An Antarctic island that was once hidden has been uncovered after glaciers receding due to high temperatures revealed its shore. Polar
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A climate activist swam under the Antarctic ice sheet to prove how quickly glaciers are melting
Fifty-year-old Lewis Pugh says he was terrified when he plunged into the water of East Antarctica in nothing but swim
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Scientists find far higher than expected rate of underwater glacial melting
Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end in the ocean, may be melting underwater much faster than previously
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200 YEARS SINCE ANTARCTICA WAS DISCOVERED, THE CONTINENT FACES IRREVERSIBLE GLACIAL MELTING
On January 27, 1820, Fabian Gottlieb van Bellingshausen and his crew became the first known people to lay eyes on
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