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To halt climate change, some scientists suggest geoengineering our own planet by releasing particles into the stratosphere that will deflect sunlight.

Scientists Want to Fight Climate Change by Dimming the Sun

By Jon Christian

During an interview with Axios, Bill Gates noted his concern that people focusing on renewables as the answer to climate change are missing the big picture.

Bill Gates: Wind and Solar Alone Can’t Fight Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

FinalStraw: The Last Straw You’ll Ever Need

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FinalStraw: The Last Straw You’ll Ever Need

By Foster Kamer

A global, four-year research project just found that 14 of the 28 classic psychology studies it examined couldn't be replicated.

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New Research Just Debunked 14 Classic Psychology Experiments

By Dan Robitzski

Norweigen cruise line Hurtigruten plans to transform leftover fish parts into a biogas it can then use to power its ships.

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A Cruise Line Plans to Power Its Ships with Dead Fish

By Kristin Houser

DARPA spent $68 million over two years on deepfake-spotting AI. It's making progress, but the government might be fighting a losing battle.

DARPA Spent $68 Million on Technology to Spot Deepfakes

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers studying a tiny microbe discover that it warrants the creation of an entirely new branch on the Charles Darwin-created Tree of Life.

New Research Adds Another Branch to the Evolutionary Tree of Life

By Kristin Houser

DARPA is testing a sensor that would allow stratospheric balloons to remain in one place, possibly leading to a new military surveillance platform.

DARPA’s Balloons Could Hover at the Edge of Space Indefinitely

By Kristin Houser

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Scientists Just Discovered the Second-Closest Exoplanet to Earth

By Sarah Marquart

China's "artificial sun" can now heat plasma to 100 million degrees C, the minimum temperature needed to produce a self-sustaining nuclear fusion reaction.

China’s “Artificial Sun” Is Now Hot Enough for Nuclear Fusion

By Kristin Houser

A new charge-storing system looks like a fabric that can be stitched into whatever you're wearing that day, helping discretely power biosensors.

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A New Battery Can Be Stitched Into Clothes to Power Wearables

By Dan Robitzski

According to new research, poachers have caused such a strain on elephant populations that they're forcing the hand of evolution.

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Poaching Is Forcing Elephants to Evolve Away From Having Tusks

By Jon Christian

Next week, the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) is set to meet and redefine the kilogram. It's a bizarre step forward for science.

The Metric System Is About To Get a Long-Anticipated Upgrade

By Dan Robitzski

Swiss company Energy Vault came up with an elegant solution to storing energy: hoisting giant bricks over 300 feet in the air.

Giant Hanging Bricks Could Store Energy Better Than Batteries

By Victor Tangermann

New Self-Repairing Material Could Let You Key Your Car Just for Fun

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New Self-Repairing Material Could Let You Key Your Car Just for Fun

By Dan Robitzski

Roughly half the Arctic ice melt that's occurred over the past 37 years is due to natural variables, according to a new study.

Humans Aren’t Solely to Blame for Arctic Ice Melt, Says Report

By Kristin Houser

This Week in Science: Oct 13 – Oct 20

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This Week in Science: Oct 13 – Oct 20

By Victor Tangermann

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This Week in Science: Oct 27 – Nov 2

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This Week in Tech: Oct 27 – Nov 2

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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.

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A Wearable Device Helped Frogs Regrow Their Amputated Limbs

By Kristin Houser

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

By Kristin Houser

New Image Confirms a Black Hole is Swallowing Our Galaxy

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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.

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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

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Report Identifies China as the Source of Ozone-Destroying Emissions

By Kristin Houser

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Scientists: The Government Should Invest in Carbon Capture Now

By Dan Robitzski

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These Environmentally Friendly Bricks Are Made out of Human Urine

By Kristin Houser

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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

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The EU Just Voted to Completely Ban Single-Use Plastics

By Kristin Houser

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These Cameras Will Capture 1,000 Years of Climate Change

By Kristin Houser

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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