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O chupacabra existe? Descubra como a evolução de um ácaro criou um monstro mítico

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By Ker Than, Richard Mittleman
| nationalgeographicbrasil.com
Uma criatura chamada de chupacabra foi relatada pela primeira vez em Porto Rico em meados da década de 1990. Desde então, histórias sobre o misterioso monstro parecido com um canino que suga o sangue do gado têm causado medo — e fascínio em diversos países do mundo, passando por México, sudoeste dos Estados Unidos e até mesmo no Brasil. Mas os cientistas afirmam que podem explicar essas histórias com a ajuda da teoria da evolução.
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Space Solar Power Project Will Harness the Sun to Power the Planet from 300 Miles Above — Caltech Magazine

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By Ker Than
| Caltech
The Brens approached Hajimiri due to his work in electronics and photonics that laid the groundwork for 5G communications and radar sensors in cars. But at first Hajimiri had reservations. “The way that space solar power had been envisioned previously, it was not practical at all,” Hajimiri remembers. Atwater had a similar initial reaction. “It took me a long time to overcome my own skepticism,” he recalls.
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These Caltech Student Projects Could Help Build a Moon Base

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By Ker Than
| Pasadena Now Verified
For those who dream of building a base on the moon, a major engineering challenge is figuring out how to move rovers, ice, and other cargo across treacherous terrain and out of steep, jagged lunar craters. “Most of the lunar base scenarios that NASA is considering involve trying to either live in a crater or get things in and out of craters,” says third-year Caltech undergraduate Lucas Pabarcius, who leads the Lunar Architecture for Tree Traversal in-service-of Cable Exploration (LATTICE) team.
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