NOVA 51x17 - Building Stuff: Change It!
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Thousands of years of human innovation have allowed us to shapethe environment to improve lives. The consequences of ouractivities are not always benign – but there are solutions.From electrifying aviation, to building robots to protectthreatened coral reefs, a new generation of engineers isfinding creative solutions to some of our most criticalenvironmental challenges.
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