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Strong tidal currents there have since dumped several square miles worth of sand into the bay behind Fire Island, creating wide, shallow flats perfect for trying out the new platform.
THIS MOTORIZED KAYAK CAN DRIVE ITSELFBY NATE MATTHEWS/OUTDOOR LIFEAUGUST 28, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCE
Others are insisting the oil sands will remain the economic heart of the region for decades to come.
THE OIL SANDS TRIGGERED A HEATED GLOBAL DEBATE ON OUR ENERGY NEEDS. NOW, THEY COULD BE A SIGN OF WHAT’S TO COMEKDUNN6AUGUST 20, 2020FORTUNE
The coating allows moisture to stick and absorb to the sand.
A NORWEGIAN STARTUP IS TURNING DRY DESERTS INTO FERTILE CROPLANDVANESSA BATES RAMIREZAUGUST 19, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
So we cross-registered in the animation department at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design twice in our sophomore year, learning things like hand drawing with a light table, experimental sand animation, and digital animation.
CRAFTING OUR PATHTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Throw a grain of sand in the machinery and we have an outage like yesterday.
GOOGLE SEARCH BUG CAUSED BY ISSUE WITH ITS ‘INDEXING SYSTEMS’BARRY SCHWARTZAUGUST 11, 2020SEARCH ENGINE LAND
“It doesn’t cost a lot of money to push a bulldozer in a water channel,” Dedina said, referencing the fact that sand and other sediment flowing from the canyons contribute to pipe back-ups and flooding.
LOCAL GROUPS PAUSE TIJUANA SEWAGE LAWSUITS, BUT SOLUTIONS ARE STILL FAR OFFMACKENZIE ELMERJULY 8, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGO
It’s like an hourglass and the sand is ticking away for many Americans.
HOW TO PREVENT ANOTHER GREAT DEPRESSION (EP. 421)STEPHEN J. DUBNERJUNE 11, 2020FREAKONOMICS
Footprints left in soft surface mud or sand a hundred million years ago would have turned to rock.
THE CHALLENGE OF DINOSAUR HUNTING IN DEEP CAVESJOHN PICKRELLMAY 19, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
Concrete is made up of sand or rocks plus binders — such as cement — that hold the mixture together.
THIS ‘LIVING’ CONCRETE SLURPS UP A GREENHOUSE GASCAROLYN WILKEMAY 6, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
“It’s like being on very clean sand,” says study coauthor Elena Pettinelli of Roma Tre University in Italy.
ROVER FINDS ‘LAYER CAKE’ BELOW GROUND ON MOON’S FARSIDELISA GROSSMANMARCH 25, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
SYNONYM OF THE DAY
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capacitor

WORDS RELATED TO SAND

  • dust
  • foreign matter
  • gravel
  • lumps
  • pebbles
  • powder
  • sand
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