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Mining Bitcoin Costs More Energy Than What 159 Countries Consume in a Year

Researchers Say New Species Are Evolving at an Unbelievable Rate

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Researchers Say New Species Are Evolving at an Unbelievable Rate

By Chelsea Gohd

The Future of Cybersecurity Is in High-Speed Quantum Encryption

Quantum Physics

The Future of Cybersecurity Is in High-Speed Quantum Encryption

Energy-Saving LED Light Bulbs Are Contributing to Light Pollution

Energy-Saving LED Light Bulbs Are Contributing to Light Pollution

By Chelsea Gohd

Berry curvature, as illustrated by twisting ribbons.

Physicists Take Steps Towards Measuring Unmeasurable Berry Curvature

By Chelsea Gohd

DARPA Wants to Use Genetic Modification to Turn Plants into Spy Tech

DARPA Wants to Use Genetic Modification to Turn Plants into Spy Tech

Protons are just one part of an atom's structure, seen here.

Physicists Made the Most Precise Measurement of Protons’ “Magic Moment”

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Renewable Energy

A Swiss System Is Capturing Carbon Dioxide from the Air and Reselling It

Air Force Tech Can Hit With the Impact of a Nuclear Weapon With No Fallout

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Air Force Tech Can Hit With the Impact of a Nuclear Weapon With No Fallout

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Science & Energy

Russia Finally Admitted the Radiation Cloud Over Europe Is Real

World Governments Launch International Alliance to Eradicate Coal by 2030

World Governments Launch International Alliance to Eradicate Coal by 2030

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Science & Energy

There’s a Metal That Conducts Electricity but Not Heat

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Science & Energy

We Can Observe Memories Being Passed Down Through Generations

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Nebraska Just Approved Keystone XL Pipeline, Securing Victory. But for Whom?

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Science & Energy

After Six Years, We Finally Found the Melted Uranium at Fukushima

Is Dark Matter Decay Causing Antimatter to Smash into Planet Earth?

Is Dark Matter Decay Causing Antimatter to Smash into Planet Earth?

By Chelsea Gohd

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Two New Department of Energy Projects Want to Fuel Cars With Seaweed

By Patrick Caughill

Working Nights Could Be Destroying Your Health

Working Nights Could Be Destroying Your Health

A New Breakthrough Could Make Organic Electronics Far More Efficient

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A New Breakthrough Could Make Organic Electronics Far More Efficient

By Chelsea Gohd

Physics equations

Measurements From CERN Suggest the Possibility of a New Physics

In First-Ever Demonstration, Researchers Show Ultrafast Light Pulses Can Trigger Neurons to Fire

In First-Ever Demonstration, Researchers Show Ultrafast Light Pulses Can Trigger Neurons to Fire

By Chelsea Gohd

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Renewable Energy

California May Reach Its Renewable Energy Goal 10 Years Early

storing thermal energy

MIT Researchers Develop a System That Can Store Thermal Energy for Hours

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Quantum Physics

Physicists Quantum Entangle Silicon Devices to Send Information Over a 20-Centimeter Distance

It Is Impossible to Predict How Humans Will Evolve

It Is Impossible to Predict How Humans Will Evolve

New Zealand May Use Genetic Tech to Wipe Out “Undesirable” Species

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New Zealand May Use Genetic Tech to Wipe Out “Undesirable” Species

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Denmark Commits to Ending Its Reliance on Coal for Electricity by 2030

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Science & Energy

A Stable Plasma Ring Has Been Created in Open Air For the First Time Ever

solar geoengineering

There’s a Radical Plan to Artificially Cool the Planet by Mimicking Volcanic Eruptions

air quality air pollution

A Cheap, Accurate Machine-Learning Microscope Could Help Cut Air Pollution

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Science & Energy

The Next Electric Car to Make it to Market May Have a One Minute Charge Time

Watch CRISPR Edit DNA in Real Time

Science & Energy

Watch CRISPR Edit DNA in Real Time

By Chelsea Gohd

Warning to Humanity

The World’s Scientists Just Issued an Official “Warning to Humanity”

A Helium-Resistant Material Could Usher in the Age of Nuclear Fusion

What Will It Take to Kill Fossil Fuels Once and for All?

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Science & Energy

Engineers Are Making an “Electric Highway” That Stretches From Norway to Italy

Scientists Warn That Fossil Fuel Emissions Will See Record Highs in 2017

Scientists Warn That Fossil Fuel Emissions Will See Record Highs in 2017

By Chelsea Gohd

U.K.'s largest solar farm

The UK’s Biggest Solar Farm Could Be Built Sans Government Help

By Patrick Caughill

A New Dutch Farm is Producing Carbon-Neutral Eggs. Here’s How.

Renewable Energy

A New Dutch Farm is Producing Carbon-Neutral Eggs. Here’s How.

UPS Wants to Convert 1,500 Delivery Trucks in NYC to Electric by 2020

UPS Wants to Convert 1,500 Delivery Trucks in NYC to Electric by 2020

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We Have Created the Most Extensive Map of an Organism’s Brain Wiring to Date

Electric Vespa is coming your way in 2018.

An All-Electric Vespa Is Set to Hit the Roads in 2018

China is Building 30 “Sponge Cities” to Soften the Blow of Climate Change

China is Building 30 “Sponge Cities” to Soften the Blow of Climate Change

By Chelsea Gohd

Common Insecticides are Poisoning Songbirds

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Common Insecticides are Poisoning Songbirds

By Chelsea Gohd

Researchers Have Devised a Way to Charge Smartphones With Ambient Light

Researchers Have Devised a Way to Charge Smartphones With Ambient Light

By Christianna Reedy

Scientists Created a New Organic Material That Generates Electricity When Stressed

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Scientists Created a New Organic Material That Generates Electricity When Stressed

By Chelsea Gohd

Growing Human Mini Brains in Rats Isn’t an Ethical Concern…Yet

Science & Energy

Growing Human Mini Brains in Rats Isn’t an Ethical Concern…Yet

This 17-qubit chip will enable quantum computing.

17-Qubit Chips Have Officially Arrived, and So Begins the Quantum Revolution

The Air Force Has Invested $26.3 Million in a High-Energy Laser for Fighter Jets

The Air Force Has Invested $26.3 Million in a High-Energy Laser for Fighter Jets

By Patrick Caughill

Groundbreaking New Work “Rejuvenates” Old Cells

Groundbreaking New Work “Rejuvenates” Old Cells

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

Scientists May Have Found the Chemical Compound That Started Life

By Chelsea Gohd

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Science & Energy

Genetically Modified Apple That Doesn’t Brown Hits US Stores This Month

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Science & Energy

Doctors Reconstructed 80 Percent of a Boy’s Skin With Genetically Modified Cells

Exclusive: Conclusive Proof That We Need to Take Immediate Action Against Climate Change

Exclusive: Conclusive Proof That We Need to Take Immediate Action Against Climate Change

The US Is Officially the Only Country in the World Not in the Paris Climate Agreement

The US Is Officially the Only Country in the World Not in the Paris Climate Agreement

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Science & Energy

A BMW Built From 90% Recycled Parts Broke a World Record

By Patrick Caughill

Lamborghini’s New Concept Electric Car is Energy Storage On Wheels

Lamborghini’s New Concept Electric Car is Energy Storage On Wheels

New Zealand's electricity grid

New Zealand Aims to Transition to 100% Renewables by 2035

The Four Technologies That Are Turning Our World Into the Future

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The Four Technologies That Are Turning Our World Into the Future

By Kristin Houser

European Nation Set to Be 100% Renewable in Two Years

European Nation Set to Be 100% Renewable in Two Years

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“Quark Fusion” Produces Eight Times More Energy Than Nuclear Fusion

solar energy smart houses solar greenhouse photovoltaic systems

Tomorrow’s “Solar Houses” Will Generate Our Electricity and Grow Our Food

nuclear weapons budget

The US Plans to Spend $1.2 Trillion on Nuclear Weapons Over the Next 30 Years

It’s Almost Impossible to Understand How Unfathomably Massive Our Universe Truly Is

It’s Almost Impossible to Understand How Unfathomably Massive Our Universe Truly Is

By Michael Strauss