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17-year-old nuclear physicist Taylor Wilson was inspired by the events of 9/11 to invent a neutron detector that can cheaply and easily scan cargo containers for nuclear weapons.

Engineers have turned a huge flat parking lot into world-class rapids for Olympic kayakers, and they continue to tweak the design to make it even better for 2012.

The race to build the ultimate thrill ride has been turned up a notch by this extreme combination of waterslide and roller coaster.

Daily Planet goes to military free fall school to watch the soldiers train for a risky operation.

Professor Joe Kniss uses high-tech skateboards in an indoor virtual space called “The Dome” to aid him in teaching math and computer science.

This dramatic and unique new structure in Seville, Spain, is one of the largest wooden structures in the world and is the source of a high-tech controversy.

Middle school students flock to Spaceport America in New Mexico to witness the launch of a rocket containing 27 of their experiments.

One of the world’s most advanced infared spectrometers is giving researchers a new look at the stars in and around our galaxy.

California’s Department of Transportation is undertaking a massive engineering project to build a pair of tunnels to bypass the rockslide-prone stretch of Highway 1.

Paving streets with paving stones by hand is a backbreaking job but the Tiger-Stone bricklaying machine makes the job easier than laying a carpet.