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Replacing Nuclear With Renewables Would Save France $44.5 Billion
Nuclear Fusion

Replacing Nuclear With Renewables Would Save France $44.5 Billion

Gradually decommissioning old nuclear plants would get France to 95 percent renewable energy by 2060.

A White-Hot Molten Silicon “Sun” Could Power 100,000 Homes
Energy

A White-Hot Molten Silicon “Sun” Could Power 100,000 Homes

Excess electricity from solar panels heats a vat of molten silicon.

During a spacewalk, two Russian astronauts will examine a hole in the side of the ISS's Soyuz capsule in an attempt to figure out if was a work of sabotage.
International Space Station

Russians Search Exterior of ISS For Signs of Sabotage on Spacewalk

Russia still isn't convinced that hole was made accidentally.

Experts in the 3D bioprinting and regenerative health field got together to come up with ways space agencies could use the technology to treat astronauts.
Off-World

To Heal Injured Astronauts, Experts Want to 3D Print “Skin, Bone and Body Parts”

In space, there's no emergency room.

Samsung Is Reportedly Helping Tesla With Self-Driving Car Tech
Self-Driving Vehicles

Samsung Is Reportedly Helping Tesla With Self-Driving Car Tech

But the South Korean tech giant is keeping it on the down-low.

An employee sent an email to Uber execs warning about issues with the company's autonomous cars days before a self-driving fatality.
Self-Driving Vehicles

Whistleblower: Uber Could Have Prevented Self-Driving Fatality

Uber execs reportedly ignored his emailed warnings.

A plant in the Chinese city of Jinan is feeding food waste to cockroaches, which then become food for pigs and other livestock.
Food

How a Billion Cockroaches Are Helping China Process Food Waste

A billion bugs eat 55 tons of kitchen waste — every day.

A new dark matter detection study, COSINE-100, may debunk another experiment that claimed to have spotted dark matter. But the two had some key differences.
Dark Matter

Two Nearly-Identical Dark Matter Studies Have Conflicting Results

New research is a "nail in the coffin" for controversial findings.

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery
Cancer

A New Spray Gel Helps Kill Tumors Left Over From Cancer Surgery

The gel reactivated the immune systems of mice who had tumors left in their bodies.

A SpaceX Dragon capsule just brought the ISS Christmas dinner, a feast consisting of turkey and all the fixings, plus cookies to decorate.
SpaceX

How a SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivered Christmas Dinner to the ISS

The astronauts will enjoy a turkey dinner with all the fixings.

California Is Installing Chargers for a Type of Electric Car That Doesn’t Exist Yet
Advanced Transport

California Is Installing Chargers for a Type of Electric Car That Doesn’t Exist Yet

The first vehicles that will use them are still two years out.

If governments don't take swift action against climate change, the global economy could be headed for a crisis, according to investors.
Climate Change

Climate Change May Trigger an Economic Crisis. We Could Prevent It.

Today's "zombie-like" response could lead to financial catastrophe.

NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft found evidence of "hydrated minerals" on the surface of Bennu, an asteroid millions of miles away.
NASA

A NASA Probe Just Found Evidence of Water on a Distant Asteroid

"This is a great surprise."

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s “Epic Rap Battle,” Explained
Elon Musk

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s “Epic Rap Battle,” Explained

Who won? Who's next?

A landmark research study at the National Institute of Health is finding that too much screen time is changing the way children's brains are developing.
Brain

New Research: Screen Time Is Literally Changing Children’s Brains

But we don't know if that's a bad thing yet.

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space
Science & Energy

Voyager 2 Just Entered Interstellar Space

It's now 11 billion miles from Earth.

The island nation of Mauritius is now generating 14 percent of its electricity by burning sugarcane byproducts. Here's why it matters.
Energy

This Island Nation is Getting Power From Sugarcane Instead of Oil

They're using waste carbon to make soft drinks.

Elon Musk: “I Do Not Respect the SEC”
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: “I Do Not Respect the SEC”

Musk has had enough.

People Are Refusing to Use Self-Checkout Because It’ll “Kill Jobs”
Future Society

People Are Refusing to Use Self-Checkout Because It’ll “Kill Jobs”

"Machines don't pay taxes, they don't pay into the pension plan."

Researchers from Caltech, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Honda say they've developed a new battery with extraordinary powers.
Science & Energy

A New Battery Could Store Ten Times the Power as Lithium-Ion

Caltech, NASA, and Honda teamed up to develop an extraordinary new battery.