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The EU is considering a microplastics ban that would prevent 40,000 tons of the tiny particles from entering the environment every year.

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The EU Is Considering a Major Microplastics Ban

By Kristin Houser

The pandemics of obesity, starvation, and climate change are inextricably linked as a Global Syndemic, according to a new report.

Experts: To Fight Climate Change, Tackle Obesity and Starvation

By Kristin Houser

By scanning the brains of people while they tripped on LSD, researchers think they've figure out how the drug causes its effects.

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Scientists Might Have Finally Figured out How LSD Works

By Kristin Houser

The new rectenna developed by MIT engineers is the first that's flexible enough for wearables while still generating practical amounts of electricity.

MIT Says a New Gadget Could Use Wi-Fi to Power Your Smartphone

By Dan Robitzski

To prevent high-energy plasma from breaking down fusion experiments, Princeton physicists built a railgun to disperse the plasma's built-up energy.

New Railgun-Like Device Stabilizes Fusion Reactions

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have developed a new tool which offers an unprecident look, like this image, of the internal structures of human capillaries

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Doctors Can Now Get a Detailed Look Inside Your Capillaries

An array of solar panels, which could be improved by nanomaterials, stands in a field.

Self-Assembling Nanomaterials Could Improve Solar Panels

A team from MIT found a way to use a laser to transmit audio across a room — without anyone between the person and source of the laser hearing it.

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MIT Used a Laser to Transmit Audio Directly Into a Person’s Ear

By Kristin Houser

A team of scientists successfully drilled a hole, more than a mile in length, that went all the way through Antarctica's ice.

Scientists Just Drilled All the Way Through Antarctica’s Ice

By Jon Christian

A team of Chinese scientists just unveiled five cloned monkeys produced from the cells of a monkey whose genes they edited with CRISPR-Cas9.

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Chinese Scientists Cloned Gene-Edited Monkeys With Horrifying Results

By Kristin Houser

New Service Delivers Name-Brand Goods Then Returns for the Packaging

By Kristin Houser

According to CDP, an organization that grades corporations on their environmental impact, Apple expects to become more valuable as climate change worsens.

Apple Expects to Benefit From Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

New research shines a light on the importance of soil moisture in plants' ability to trap CO2 — and extreme weather events could hinder that ability.

Extreme Weather Is Preventing Plants From Processing Carbon

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that supermassive black holes formed in halos of dark matter that serve as "gravitational glue" for galaxies.

New Theory: Vast, Ancient Black Holes Formed Because of Dark Matter

By Jon Christian

The human mutation rate has slowed down significantly over the past million years or so, according to new research, raising new questions.

Human Mutation Is Slowing Down

By Jon Christian

The Lyons family were the victims of a cruel prank by hackers, who gained access to their smart home and used it to terrorize the family

Hackers Hijacked a Family’s Smart Home, Spammed Nuclear Missile Alerts

By Jon Christian

New research lends concrete evidence to something that many suspected was true: climate change is increasing global conflict and migration.

New Research: Climate Change Causes Migration and Conflict

By Dan Robitzski

The results of a new global warming survey reveal Americans increased belief in the phenomenon — as well as their concerns about its impact.

More Americans Believe in Global Warming Than Ever Before

By Kristin Houser

A stylized picture of a 3D-printed heart like one NASA wants to print in space.

Here’s Why NASA Wants to 3D Print Human Hearts in Space

By Dan Robitzski

Coral Vita is working to build a coral farm on land, which it claims allows it to grow coral at up to 50 times the rate of underwater farms.

This Startup Is Growing Coral on Land and Transplanting It Into Damaged Reefs

By Kristin Houser

A government official in China said on Monday that the country was planning new punishments for local officials who don't meet air pollution goals. Chinese pollution

China Plans “Punishment” for Officials Who Miss Pollution Goals

By Jon Christian

The ongoing government shutdown is causing dire effects on biological research, as furloughed scientists struggle to keep their research subjects alive.

Government Shutdown Could Have Lasting Impacts on Scientific Progress

By Dan Robitzski

According to the Pentagon's Missile Defense Review, the military is interested in equipping the F-35 fighter jet with anti-ICBM weaponry.

The Military Wants to Use F-35s to Shoot Down Nuclear Missiles

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk claims CERN is interested in having the Boring Company help it build the Future Circular Collider, a massive particle accelerator.

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Elon Musk: Boring Co. Could Help Dig New CERN Particle Collider

By Kristin Houser

A group of 45 economic experts believes the U.S. should create a carbon tax and give the revenue to Americans via a yearly rebate.

Top Economists: U.S. Should Tax Carbon and Give Citizens the Money

By Kristin Houser

Experimental nuclear fusion reactors tend to leak out high-energy particles. New computer simulations may help scientists prevent that loss of energy.

Scientists Found a New Way to Make Fusion Reactors More Efficient

By Dan Robitzski

A small, levitating glass bead the size of a virus might be the long-awaited key to directly observing dark matter, if new research is to be believed.

A Floating, Virus-Sized Bead Could Help Find Dark Matter

By Dan Robitzski

3D Printed Implants and Stem Cells Helped Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

3D Printed Implants and Stem Cells Helped Paralyzed Rats Walk Again

By Dan Robitzski

Vast New Particle Accelerator Would Dwarf Large Hadron Collider

Vast New Particle Accelerator Would Dwarf Large Hadron Collider

By Jon Christian

The people most opposed to GM foods, foods modified in the lab to exhibit wanted characteristics, overestimate their knowledge of the subject the most.

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Strongest Opponents of GM Foods Know the Least About Them

By Kristin Houser

Scientist repurposed CRISPR to develop better antibiotics

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Researchers Repurposed CRISPR to Help Develop Better Antibiotics

We simply can't decrease fossil fuel usage quickly enough to avoid climate catastrophe without leaning heavily on nuclear energy, according to two experts.

Experts: The Only Way to Save the Planet Is Nuclear Energy

By Kristin Houser

Washington State University researchers studied plants to determine the blueprints for their immune system

Researchers Found the Blueprint for Plant Immune Systems

Authorities in Denmark plan to build nine artificial islands off the coast of Copenhagen — a futuristic hub for sustainable business and commerce.

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Denmark Is Building Nine Gigantic Artificial Islands

By Jon Christian

A new study in the journal Science has found that climate change is warming oceans far faster than experts had previously predicted.

Scientists: Warming Oceans Will Lead to “Catastrophic” Future

By Jon Christian

A collaboration between MIT and two energy companies is encouraging interdisciplinary research to fast-track the development of practical fusion power.

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MIT Is Pouring Resources Into Commercializing Fusion Power

By Jon Christian

The Pentagon's emerging technologies unit put out a call last week for proposals that use insect brains to control robots.

DARPA Wants to Build Conscious Robots Using Insect Brains

By Jon Christian

The Earth's magnetic field is behaving erratically, and researchers can't update an important model of it until the government shutdown ends.

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Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Behaving Erratically, Baffling Scientists

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from Princeton University and the Department of Energy say they've discovered a new way to stabilize super-heated plasma in fusion reactions.

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Scientists Discovered a New Way to Stabilize Fusion Reactions

By Jon Christian

In about 10 billion years, our sun will likely harden into a giant crystal orb — a fate that will be shared with many other white dwarf stars.

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In About 10 Billion Years, Our Sun Will Harden Into a Giant Crystal

By Jon Christian

What Lies Beyond the Edge of the Observable Universe?

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What Lies Beyond the Edge of the Observable Universe?

By Jolene Creighton

It’s 2018. Here Are Six Scientific Mysteries We Still Haven’t Solved.

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It’s 2018. Here Are Six Scientific Mysteries We Still Haven’t Solved.

By Victor Tangermann

IBM has unveiled a sleek, and sexy commercial quantum computer called the IBM Q System One at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

IBM Just Unveiled Its First Commercial Quantum Computer

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created molecules called TrAPs that can promote wound healing by "talking" to the cells found near the site of the injury.

New Nanotech Drives Healing by “Talking” to Wounds

By Kristin Houser

According to a new theory, the Big Bang also generated a second "anti-universe" that extended backwards in time, like a mirror image of our own.

New Theory: “Mirror Image” of Our Universe Existed Before Big Bang

By Jon Christian

Jellyfish have been around for a half billion years. Now, pollution and climate change are allowing them to take over and choke the oceans.

Jellyfish Thrive on Pollution and Climate Change. Now They’re Taking Over

By Jon Christian

An artist's depiction of what Excitons look like in advanced electronics

A Physics Breakthrough Could Lead to a New Generation of Advanced Electronics

This Company is Ready to Fight Back Against Climate Change and “Fix the Planet”

This Company is Ready to Fight Back Against Climate Change and “Fix the Planet”

By Andy P. Smith

A plastic part broke off the Ocean Cleanup Project's device, which was intended to capture ocean plastic. But the project's CEO remains undeterred.

Plastic Part Breaks Off Device Intended to Capture Ocean Plastic

By Jon Christian

An upcoming galactic collision could wake the Milky Way's black hole and fling our solar system into intergalactic space, according to new research.

Galactic Collision Could Fling Our Solar System Into Intergalactic Space

By Jon Christian

According to a new essay, several companies trying to develop nuclear fusion reactors believe they're getting pretty close.

Expert: “I’m 100 Percent Confident” Fusion Power Will Be Practical

By Dan Robitzski

The discovery of a relationship between the dark matter in dwarf galaxies and their star formation could help us understand the mysterious material.

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New Finding Could Be “Smoking Gun” in Understanding Dark Matter

By Jon Christian

Fossil fuel may comprise a large part of the Texas economy, but new research shows that the state has the natural resources to ditch coal entirely.

New Research: Texas Could Ditch Coal Entirely for Wind and Solar

By Jon Christian

Researchers are gene-hacking plants to make them gigantic. The idea is that it could vastly increase food yields for farmers.

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Scientists Are Gene-Hacking Plants to Make Them Enormous

By Jon Christian

Bill Gates' nuclear energy company, TerraPower, was building a Traveling-Wave Reactor near Beijing when the Department of Energy stepped in.

China Tariffs Blocked Bill Gates’ Plan for Safe Nuclear Power

By Dan Robitzski

HP’s New Jet Fusion 3D Printers Can Print Electronics Inside a Product

HP’s New Jet Fusion 3D Printers Can Print Electronics Inside a Product

By Cecille De Jesus

Gates nuclear energy

Bill Gates: U.S. Leaders Must Embrace Nuclear Energy

By Kristin Houser

large hadron collider lhc standard model of physics

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Get to Know the Large Hadron Collider and Take a Glimpse at Its Future

Come January 1, all unprofitable coal mines in the European Union will be shut down. In Spain, that means 26 new closures.

Spain Shuts Down 26 Unprofitable Coal Mines

By Dan Robitzski

A mind-bending new theory claims to make sense not just of the expanding universe and extra dimensions, but string theory and dark energy as well.

New Theory: The Universe is a Bubble, Inflated by Dark Energy

By Jon Christian

The Chinese government just approved plans for a massive energy storage grid that will help the Gansu Province better rely on renewable electricity.

China Is Building Its First Huge Battery Storage Facility

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese engineers just figured out how to manufacture a self-assembling silver nanowire that can be woven into high-tech clothing.

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New Fiber Could Be the Foundation for Futuristic Smart Garments

By Dan Robitzski

water collection

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Cacti-Inspired Tech Could Keep You Hydrated After the Apocalypse

By Kristin Houser

Pine needles on a green Christmas tree

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Your Christmas Tree Could Be Recycled Into Paint or Sweeteners