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This Week in Science: Oct 13 – Oct 20

Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Oct 13 – Oct 20

By Victor Tangermann

This Week in Science: Oct 27 – Nov 2

Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Oct 27 – Nov 2

By Victor Tangermann

This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2

Science & Energy

This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2

By Victor Tangermann

Researchers have created a bioreactor device that helps regrow limbs on frogs when worn for just 24 hours post-amputation.

Science & Energy

A Wearable Device Helped Frogs Regrow Their Amputated Limbs

By Kristin Houser

When Galaxies Merge, The Black Holes In Their Hearts Fuse Together

Science & Energy

When Galaxies Merge, The Black Holes In Their Hearts Fuse Together

By Jon Christian

Researchers created bionic mushrooms that could keep electricity-generating cyanobacteria alive longer than other surfaces.

We Can Now Generate Electricity From “Bionic Mushrooms”

By Kristin Houser

Five Fun Tips To Help Delay Climate Catastrophe

Five Fun Tips To Help Delay Climate Catastrophe

By Dan Robitzski

The Energy Spent Mining $1 of Bitcoin Could Earn You $3.40 in Gold

The Energy Spent Mining $1 of Bitcoin Could Earn You $3.40 in Gold

By Kristin Houser

Plant-based meats are more impressive and convincing than ever. But if they're going to save the environment, governments need to help.

Unless Governments Get Involved, Plant-Based Meat Won’t Take Off

By Dan Robitzski

New research shows that those who are given more money become greedier and refuse to help fight climate change. The poor are left on their own.

To Fight Climate Change, The Poor Would Spend More Than The Rich

By Dan Robitzski

The ozone is finally healing, according to the latest version of a United Nations-backed report released every four years.

Science & Energy

Our Efforts to Heal the Ozone Layer Are Finally Paying Off

By Kristin Houser

New research suggests that offshore wind farms can suck the destructive energy out of hurricanes before they make landfall.

Huge Wind Farms Could Weaken Hurricanes Before They Make Landfall

By Jon Christian

Researchers develop a corkscrew-shaped nanobot they can guide through the dense tissue of an eyeball using a magnetic field.

A New Nanobot Drills Through Your Eyeball to Deliver Drugs

By Kristin Houser

General Motors just launched a contest asking the public to name its newly unveiled eBikes, which it claims will go on sale in 2019.

Science & Energy

General Motors Will Give You $10,000 to Name Its New eBike

By Kristin Houser

The future of architecture could be knitted concrete, a technique in which a textile serves as the basis for a concrete structure.

Science & Energy

Watch the First Knitted Concrete Structure Take Shape

By Kristin Houser

A US warship just succesfully intercepted a dummy nuclear missile with another missile for the second time. But will it actually prevent disaster?

Watch a Missile Smash a Dummy Nuclear Warhead Out of the Sky

By Victor Tangermann

Palau will ban all coral reef-damaging sunscreens by 2020. It's a small but important drop in the bucket if we want to stop bleaching.

A Sunscreen Ban Won’t Save the Coral Reefs, but It’s a Good Start

By Dan Robitzski

New AI Thinks Like a Scientist to Explain the Physics of Virtual Worlds

New AI Thinks Like a Scientist to Explain the Physics of Virtual Worlds

By Dan Robitzski

Clean coal doesn't exist, but burning it in as clean a way as possible could give us more time to adopt clean, renewable energy around the world.

Tweaking Coal Plant Emissions Could Slow Down Climate Change

By Dan Robitzski

Automakers Hyundai and Kia will beginning adding a solar roof to select cars in 2019, allowing the Sun's energy to help power the vehicles.

You’ll Be Able to Buy a Car With a Solar Roof in 2019

By Kristin Houser

Microsoft's underwater data center off the cost of Scotland could be the first of many the company deploys to support its cloud technology.

Science & Energy

Microsoft’s Underwater Data Center Is Actually Working, Says CEO

By Kristin Houser

New Image Confirms a Black Hole is Swallowing Our Galaxy

Science & Energy

New Image Confirms a Black Hole is Swallowing Our Galaxy

By Kristin Houser

A slew of tech billionaires, including Bill Gates and Richard Branson, are determined to make cost-effective nuclear fusion a reality.

Science & Energy

Tech Billionaires Are Pouring Money Into Fusion Research

By Kristin Houser

Researchers from Ghent University have figured out a way to store data in a powder, and it could help us move away from magnetic storage solutions.

We Can Now Store Data in the Form of a Powder

By Kristin Houser

NASA's Parker Solar Probe just broke the world records for closest approach to the Sun and fastest speed relative to the Sun.

NASA’s Solar Probe Just Broke Two World Records

By Kristin Houser

You can use a tablet screen to give instructions to this idiot-proof helicopter, which uses LIDAR and cameras to take off, land and avoid obstacles.

You Can Fly DARPA’s Idiot-Proof Helicopter With 45 Mins of Training

By Jon Christian

We need to do something to address the problem of air pollution, according to the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO Director: Air Pollution Is the “New Tobacco”

By Kristin Houser

A retroactive look at a two year old study suggests that a type of photosynthetic bacteria interacted with individual photons at the quantum scale.

Scientists May Have Put Microbes in a State of Quantum Entanglement

By Dan Robitzski

A Spanish company has figured out how to turn raw sewage into clean energy in the form of a coal-like fuel that burns without giving off carbon dioxide.

Clean Coal Startup Turns Human Waste Into Earth-Friendly Fuel

By Dan Robitzski

A Toronto startup figured out how to get bacteria to turn food waste into biodegradable plastics. If it scales, it could prevent loads of methane emissions.

These Bacteria Digest Food Waste Into Biodegradable Plastic

By Dan Robitzski

Science & Energy

Report Identifies China as the Source of Ozone-Destroying Emissions

By Kristin Houser

Scientists: The Government Should Invest in Carbon Capture Now

By Dan Robitzski

These Environmentally Friendly Bricks Are Made out of Human Urine

By Kristin Houser

Renewable Energy

Y Combinator Is Turning Its Attention to Carbon Removal

By Kristin Houser

New York State says that Exxon Mobile played down the risks of Climate Change

New York Sues Exxon Mobil Over Climate Change Deception

By Dan Robitzski

The EU Just Voted to Completely Ban Single-Use Plastics

By Kristin Houser

These Cameras Will Capture 1,000 Years of Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

Microplastics Are Already in Our Bodies, According to a New Study

By Dan Robitzski

World Governments Want to Slice Up Antarctica When a Scientific Treaty Lifts

World Governments Want to Slice Up Antarctica When a Scientific Treaty Lifts

By Kristin Houser

Black Widow Spider Research Could Lead to Bulletproof Silk

Science & Energy

Black Widow Spider Research Could Lead to Bulletproof Silk

By Kristin Houser

The USDA has lifted regulations on growing a genetically modified cotton plant with edible cottonseeds, and it could eventually help feed the world.

Science & Energy

US Farmers Can Now Grow Edible Cotton

By Kristin Houser

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos isn't about to let employee or shareholder protests stop the company from partnering with the U.S. government.

Jeff Bezos: Amazon Won’t Stop Helping the Military

By Kristin Houser

A new Wall Street Journal story looks at the rise of imitation tuna, shrimp, and even smoked salmon. The surprise conclusion: It's pretty convincing.

Science & Energy

You’ve Heard of Fake Meat. How About Fake Fish?

By Jon Christian

The Royal Society pledged to publish studies that attempt to replicate any research that it's published. Other journals should do the same.

Science & Energy

An Academic Publisher Challenges Its Peers: Verify the Research You Publish

By Dan Robitzski

Climate Change and Gene Editing Are Spurring a Tech Boom in Agriculture

Climate Change and Gene Editing Are Spurring a Tech Boom in Agriculture

By Jon Christian

The Crop Trust has agreed to dedicate $1.4 million per year to maintaining the IRRI gene bank, the world's largest collection of rice varieties.

Science & Energy

The World’s Largest Collection of Rice Is Now Permanently Funded

By Kristin Houser

The World’s Fastest Camera Can “Freeze Time,” Show Beams of Light in Slo-Mo

Science & Energy

The World’s Fastest Camera Can “Freeze Time,” Show Beams of Light in Slo-Mo

By Jon Christian

To Feed a Hungry Planet, We’re All Going to Need to Eat Less Meat

To Feed a Hungry Planet, We’re All Going to Need to Eat Less Meat

By Jon Christian

This Week in Science: Oct 6 – Oct 12

This Week in Science: Oct 6 – Oct 12

By Victor Tangermann

Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons

Report: It’s Easy to Hack an Entire Generation of Military Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

Chinese researchers have found a way to create healthy mice pups using only genetic material from two moms — no dads required.

Science & Energy

These Healthy Mice Pups Have Two Moms and No Dads

By Kristin Houser

Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s Largest Moon

Researchers Identify the “Missing Link” in the Chemistry of Saturn’s Largest Moon

By Kristin Houser

A “Vaccine” Created from Mushrooms Could Help Save the Bees

Science & Energy

A “Vaccine” Created from Mushrooms Could Help Save the Bees

By Jon Christian

Report: Unless We Make Dramatic Changes, We’re Headed for Climate Catastrophe

Report: Unless We Make Dramatic Changes, We’re Headed for Climate Catastrophe

By Kristin Houser

Experts Worry a Landmark Report on Climate Change Will Call For Unrealistic Tech

Experts Worry a Landmark Report on Climate Change Will Call For Unrealistic Tech

By Jon Christian

Oil Will Be Used Less for Fuel, More for Plastics and Fertilizers

Oil Will Be Used Less for Fuel, More for Plastics and Fertilizers

By Jon Christian

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All

Wind Farms Might Heat up the Planet, After All

By Dan Robitzski

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5

Science & Energy

This Week in Science: Sept 29 – Oct 5

By Victor Tangermann

A Virgin Atlantic flight powered in part by sustainable jet fuel completed a trek from Orlando to London on Thursday morning.

Renewable Energy

A Plane Powered by Recycled Waste Just Flew Across the Atlantic

By Kristin Houser

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

Researchers Think They’ve Discovered the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

By Kristin Houser

For the first time, researchers discover gamma rays emanating from the microquasar SS 433, and they aren't coming from the usual source.

Science & Energy

We Just Learned Something New About “One of the Weirdest Objects in the Milky Way”

By Kristin Houser

Thought it's Subterranean Challenge, DARPA is asking teams of roboticists to create autonomous robots that can navigate underground environments.

The Military Wants Robots That Can Explore Tunnels Barely Large Enough to Fit a Human

By Kristin Houser

The Stuff in IKEA’s Biodegradable Packaging Will Now Make Tasty Lab-Grown Meats

Science & Energy

The Stuff in IKEA’s Biodegradable Packaging Will Now Make Tasty Lab-Grown Meats

By Jon Christian

Scientists Used CRISPR to Domesticate This Delicate Fruit

Scientists Used CRISPR to Domesticate This Delicate Fruit

By Dan Robitzski