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Toxic Byproducts From Farms Are Destroying Our Environment

Toxic Byproducts From Farms Are Destroying Our Environment

Most British Beaches Found to Be Polluted With Deadly Plastic

Most British Beaches Found to Be Polluted With Deadly Plastic

By Christianna Reedy

This Handheld Detector Spotted A Never-Before-Seen Physics Phenomenon

This Handheld Detector Spotted A Never-Before-Seen Physics Phenomenon

By Claudia Geib

In-Womb Project Reveals Striking Images of Developing Human Brains

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In-Womb Project Reveals Striking Images of Developing Human Brains

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Elon Musk Just Gave Us a Glimpse of His Latest Tool in the Fight Against Fossil Fuels

By Patrick Caughill

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Earth May Have Hosted Complex Life Much Earlier Than We Thought

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Renewables Are Keeping the Air Force Energized in Field Environments

By Patrick Caughill

Google Street View Cars Are Now Helping Us Fight Climate Change

Google Street View Cars Are Now Helping Us Fight Climate Change

By Patrick Caughill

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Massachusetts Bill Would Require the State to Use 100% Renewables by 2035

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Solar Energy Prices Continue to Plunge While Coal Prices Climb Higher

By Patrick Caughill

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A New Battery Built by Samsung Uses Graphene to Charge Five Times Faster

MIT Scientists Created a New Method of Turning CO2 into Fuel

Renewable Energy

MIT Scientists Created a New Method of Turning CO2 into Fuel

The US Military is Testing Mood Altering, AI-Controlled Brain Implants in Humans

The US Military is Testing Mood Altering, AI-Controlled Brain Implants in Humans

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For the First Time, Scientists Have Measured the Earth’s Ability to Absorb Neutrinos

Study Predicts That After 2030, Every Other Year Will Bring Record-Hot Summers

Study Predicts That After 2030, Every Other Year Will Bring Record-Hot Summers

There’s a Periodic Table That Tells You How to Use All the Elements

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There’s a Periodic Table That Tells You How to Use All the Elements

By Patrick Caughill

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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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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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There’s a Metal That Conducts Electricity but Not Heat

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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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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

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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

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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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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

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

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

Watch CRISPR Edit DNA in Real Time

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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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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

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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