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Vacuum trains: a high-speed pipe dream?

Vacuum trains: a high-speed pipe dream? | Science News | Scoop.it
Vacuum trains promise to speed between Europe and the US faster than a plane. But will they ever make it off the drawing board?
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A Train to Space: All Aboard the 20,000-Mile-Per-Hour Low-Earth-Orbit Express | Popular Science

A Train to Space: All Aboard the 20,000-Mile-Per-Hour Low-Earth-Orbit Express | Popular Science | Science News | Scoop.it
From the man who brought you magnetic levitation, a concept maglev cannon that could launch a train into space...
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We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets

We already have the technology to send trains into space, at a fraction of the cost of rockets | Science News | Scoop.it
This is Startram, a proposed launch system that would use magnetic levitation trains, a 1000-mile tunnel, and a superconducting cable to reach low Earth orbit.
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Killing for the greater Good - A virtual dilemma

Killing for the greater Good - A virtual dilemma | Science News | Scoop.it
Take a look at the virtual upgrade of an old thought experiment, conducted by Carlos David Navarrete, a psychologist at Michigan State University. Which should win out - personal morality or the greater good?
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