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In spring 1981, a 1950s strategic bomber with a giant cylindrical barrel on its back prepared for its maiden flight over a Zhukovsky airfield. This absurd-looking machine was the VM-T Atlant — without which the Buran space shuttle would never have reached orbit.
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A microscopic journey into the inner workings of LCD and E-Ink displays, examining their structure through optical and electron microscopy — from liquid crystals and color filters to e-ink microcapsules.
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An exploration of the leaked meteorological mail server archive, where tree ring data spanning centuries reveals fascinating patterns about climate — and the limits of drawing conclusions from raw data.