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Nearly a year ago, Bugatti unveiled its cheapest vehicle ever at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show. The car was called the Baby Bugatti II and was a three-fourths scale replica of the iconic racing car from the 1920s that bought the brand to racing fame. Bugatti points out that while all 500 cars were sold only three weeks after they were announced last year, a few clients have backed out due to the recent coronavirus pandemic, and "very few build slots have become available."

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The image seen below is a new shot of Saturn taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in early July 2020. The image is so crisp that it almost looks like an artist rendering, but NASA assures it's an actual image of the ringed planet. We can see the concentric ring structure around the planet in detail.

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A Russian cosmonaut aboard the ISS has 3D printed human tissue for the first time in the microgravity of space. The cosmonaut used a magnetic levitation device created by Russian researchers to fabricate human cartilage from a few isolated cells. The scientists say that the work could lead to new techniques for regenerating tissues during long-term spaceflight.

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Rivian is an electric vehicle company that has yet to produce a production version of its electric pickup or SUV. The company has assembled some prototype versions of the vehicles, but nothing that could be considered normal production has been made. Many have wondered when the highly anticipated electric pickup and SUV the company has been teasing for years will finally be available for consumers to purchase.

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NASA is set to launch its latest Mars mission next week that will put the Mars Perseverance rover on the surface of the Red Planet. Part of getting ready for that launch is to put the nuclear power supply inside the rover. NASA confirmed this week that it installed the multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) into the rover.

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A team of scientists working together from the University of Adelaide and the University of Stuttgart has created the world's smallest, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels. The tiny scope was built using 3D micro-printing to create a medical device able to be inserted into the blood vessels and provide high-quality 3D images.

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Hyundai is announcing 2021 model year changes for its popular Sonata car. The 2021 Hyundai Sonata will go on sale in August and brings with it some interesting changes. One of those changes is the addition of 19-inch wheels with Pirelli P Zero tires. Those new wheels and tires are standard on the 2021 Sonata SEL Plus.

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We'd assume at this point that every smartphone user knows that their touchscreen is one of the nastiest devices they own. The surface of a touchscreen can be packed with viruses and bacteria that have the potential to make people sick. This is a particularly significant issue in the current world climate with the coronavirus pandemic leading to illnesses that could potentially kill people.

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Astronomers are thrilled with the latest image captured by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. The image is the first-ever taken of a Sun-like star that has a pair of giant exoplanets in orbit around it. Images of systems that have multiple planets are exceedingly rare and this particular image, seen below, is the first to ever directly observed with more than one planet orbiting.

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Mitsubishi has been on a significant decline in vehicle sales over the last several years. Many enthusiasts were done with the brand when it discontinued the Evo several years back. Now the company focuses on cheap cars and SUVs. Mitsubishi has announced that it plans a considerable new vehicle investment for North America in 2021.

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The newest branch of the United States military is the US Space Force. The logo and motto for the new branch of the armed services has been unveiled and can be seen below. The motto is Semper Supra, which means "Always Above." That's a fitting motto for a space force.

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A new scientific study has identified 30 recently active volcanoes on the surface of Venus. The study offers some of the best evidence ever that Venus is still a geologically active planet. The research was conducted by scientists at the University of Maryland and the Institute of geophysics at ETH Zürich. One researcher says that this is the first time scientists have been able to point to specific structures and say that it's not an ancient volcano, rather it's an active volcano.

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