In a domestic-science class, three boys are making a presentation for a new washing-powder advertisement.

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When it comes to making new antibiotics, science may have found a way to improve on nature by knowing exactly where to go, and rushing to get there, rather than meandering along at nature's glacial pace.

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So this science is making its way into robotics as a new path for growth.

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