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Wired August 21, 2007 Julian Smith	Quake Fears, Ancient Finds Have Europe-Asia Tunnel on Nonstop Delay The Marmaray tunnel project is ambitious enough to worry even the most experienced engineers, but its location could give a seismologist night sweats. All this work is taking place just 12 miles from the North Anatolian Fault, Eurasia's version of the San Andreas.
Popular Mechanics October 2007 Erik Sofge	Next President's Tricked-Out Supercopter Is Oval Office in the Sky Even the president's ride can be hot-rodded. Outfitted with a kitchen, a bathroom and a White House-worthy high-speed communications suite, the VH-71 is closer in capabilities (and amenities) to Air Force One than to its short-hop predecessors.
Popular Mechanics October 2007 Erik Sofge	New Autonomous Vehicle Climbs Cars on the Attack (with Video) The Humvee-size MULE uses six independently powered wheels and an articulated suspension to navigate rubble-strewn terrain or to climb buglike over a car hood. Three types of MULEs are planned, all intended to dutifully follow dismounted infantry units.
Science News August 25, 2007 Julie J. Rehmeyer	Math Trek: Squashing Worms A mathematician and theoretical computer scientist at Microsoft Research has mathematically analyzed the question of which computers to patch first when a mutating worm is spreading through the Internet.
Popular Mechanics August 23, 2007 Erin McCarthy	How MIT's Wireless Power Could Replace Cables and Outlets This past June, MIT researchers announced their own coil-based breakthrough in wireless electricity -- called WiTricity -- that's mercifully plasma-free.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Prachi Patel-Predd	U.S. Military in Hunt for Bio-based Jet Fuel The U.S. Department of Defense is pumping millions of dollars into projects to turn organic matter into jet fuels. If the military projects succeed, they could become a catalyst for planet-friendly commercial aviation technologies.
Popular Mechanics October 2007 Ian Christe	Skintight, Lightweight Spacesuit a Perfect Fit for Mars? Navigating Mars in a bulky 300-pound setup would be like doing gymnastics in a suit of armor. So an MIT astronautics professor used giraffe anatomy to develop an alternative with enough flexibility for astronauts to do heavy work on the Red Planet.
Popular Mechanics September 2007 Erik Sofge	Airbags of the Sky: Whole-Airframe Parachutes Meet Personal Jets Initially an option for small, piston-engine aircraft, whole-airframe chutes are now being developed for personal jets, which are riding a wave of popularity themselves.
Wired August 21, 2007 Clive Thompson	Halo 3: How Microsoft Labs Invented a New Science of Play The designers at Bungie Studios, creators of the Halo series -- the most innovative and beloved video games of all time -- use science to make better games. But researchers there are also learning more about gameplay itself.
Wired August 21, 2007 Erin Biba	We Have Ignition! NASA Tests a New Rocket Engine in the Mojave Desert. NASA is firing up the 5M15, which runs on compressed liquid methane. The odorless substance has multiple advantages over conventional rocket propellants.
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