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Clearing the air
A forty-year-old French import offers drivers guilt-free transportation; and a computer airshed simulator helps scientists figure out exactly where smog comes from!
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Batter up!
A mild-mannered professor's marvelous contraption matches big batters with their best bats; and good old Canadian sugar maple turns out to be the stuff of which home runs are made!
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Ferries in the land of Oz
A new craft that combines airplane speed with cargo boat capacity may be the future of water transport; and the sun and the wind are free fuel for Sydney harbour's nearly-silent Solar Sailor ferry.
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Cool vacations
The lure of the Far South is attracting tourists to the chilly shores of Antarctica; and what's so cool about Quebec City's Ice Hotel? Everything!
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Starry, starry night
Tracking down the star in a recently discovered Van Gogh painting was a truly astronomical task; and the most potent ingredient in Van Gogh's absinthe may have been alcohol!
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Pacific precision
Engineers managed to repair Vancouver's Lion's Gate Bridge without stopping rush hour traffic; How do you lift a 7,000 tonne ship out of the water? The Vancouver dry dock is equal to the task!
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