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The Race To Create Personal Jetpacks

Gilles Messier | Today I Found Out | 13th December 2022

Jet packs are far from the stuff of science fiction. There are many reasons why we don't all have one, though: the enormous cost, the fuel limitations, the difficulty of operating them safely, and the potential for horrific accidents. Even the American military has now eschewed them, although before 1960 the US army put research time and funds into a personal "flying jeep" (3,112 words)

A Field At A Crossroads

Ashley Smart | Undark | 12th December 2022

Geneticists are wary of the popular consumption of their work: mass shooters and other online extremists now use reputable papers to justify horrifying acts and theories. Today's experts reject the idea that race can be used as a stable biological variable in genetics studies, but the myth that humanity can be divided into "‍‍discrete genetic groups" with set characteristics remains pervasive (6,372 words)

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