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This robot scans rare library books at 2,500 pages per hour

The ScanRobot 2.0 uses gentle puffs of air to turn a book’s pages. Credit: Treventus Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. For decades, preservationists charged with digitizing rare books have faced an ironic challenge. The whole point of scanning these often one-of-a-kind objects is to keep the

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Prehistoric ‘scalopini’ mole fossil uncovered in an ancient Spanish volcano crater

An illustration of the newly discovered Vulcanoscaptor ninoti. The extinct mole was discovered in northeastern Spain. CREDIT: Jesús Gamarra / IPHES-CERCA Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Researchers have discovered a new genus and species of prehistoric mole in Spain. Vulcanoscaptor ninoti lived during the Pliocene Epoch

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