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Spring 2005


Volume 20, Issue 4

FEATURES

TODAY’S FAKE GRASS IS MUCH LESS LIKE YOUR LIVING-ROOM CARPET AND MUCH MORE LIKE YOUR FRONT LAWN
IT TOOK HALF A CENTURY FOR AIR CONDITIONING TO BECOME ACCEPTED AND DECADES MORE FOR ITTO BECOME UNIVERSAL
Building a submarine at the time of the Civil War meant pushing the limits of the possible to a perilous extreme
G FORCES WERE KILLING PILOTS IN COMBAT UNTIL A SMALL, SELF-APPOINTED TEAM OF SCIENTISTS DEVISED THE SUITS THAT KEEP THEM ALIVE

There’s a lot more to the story of the microwave oven than a melted candy bar

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