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Spokane, Washington wildfire torches homes, turns neighborhood into hellscape in terrifying video

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Spokane, Washington wildfire torches homes, turns neighborhood into hellscape in terrifying video

Terrifying video captured a raging wildfire turning a Spokane neighborhood into a smoke-choked hellscape Saturday as flames tore through homes and forced thousands of residents to flee during one of the worst fire disasters in the Washington city’s history. Footage filmed along North Indian Trail Road showed thick, black smoke towering over a residential neighborhood … Read more

Battery-free flying robots use origami to change shape in midair

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Battery-free flying robots use origami to change shape in midair

These could be the stuff of nightmares — if they weren’t so damn cute. Scientists at the University of Washington have developed adorable little electronic “microfliers,” the size of a postage stamp, that fold like origami paper in midair to change their flight pattern. The origami micros weigh less than a small nail and come … Read more