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A deep-sea mission detects mud containing valuable elements where no one was looking. The discovery, made at a depth of 6 kilometers, could change the course of technology
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (1116+ words) Home - Science - A deep-sea mission detects mud containing valuable elements where no one was looking. The discovery, made at a depth of 6 kilometers, could change the course of technology Far from any traffic jam or smokestack, the research ship Chikyu…...
Goodbye to bulldogs and poodles: experts explain why more than 400 dog breeds would disappear almost completely in less than a decade if humans ceased to exist
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (465+ words) Home - Science - Goodbye to bulldogs and poodles: experts explain why more than 400 dog breeds would disappear almost completely in less than a decade if humans ceased to exist Early on, most dogs were shaped to do jobs such as herding,…...
Goodbye to the myth that otters do not live in central Texas: a real estate agent discovers four swimming freely in a Hill Country lake
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (744+ words) Home - Environment - Goodbye to the myth that otters do not live in central Texas: a real estate agent discovers four swimming freely in a Hill Country lake A short real estate video has turned into an unexpected conservation headline. While…...
The United States fires a laser from the ground that keeps a drone in the air for hours without having to land even once
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (709+ words) Home - Technology - The United States fires a laser from the ground that keeps a drone in the air for hours without having to land even once What if a drone never had to land to swap batteries? Engineers in the…...
The greatest danger to megacities is not climate change, but something happening beneath our feet
21+ hour, 30+ min ago (601+ words) Home - Science - The greatest danger to megacities is not climate change, but something happening beneath our feet Across the planet's great river deltas, the ground is dropping faster than the ocean is rising. A new global study in the journal…...
Thomas Edison may have created graphene without knowing it in 1879, and modern science has just discovered it almost 150 years later
23+ hour, 36+ min ago (658+ words) Home - Technology - Thomas Edison may have created graphene without knowing it in 1879, and modern science has just discovered it almost 150 years later Did one of history's most famous inventions quietly create the superstar material of modern clean tech more than…...
Scientists had been unable to solve this problem with perovskite for years, and it was an octopus that finally gave them the answer they needed
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (633+ words) Home - Energy - Scientists had been unable to solve this problem with perovskite for years, and it was an octopus that finally gave them the answer they needed Perovskite solar cells promise cheap, lightweight panels that can squeeze more power from…...
Your brain could be full of microplastics... and you don't even know it
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (968+ words) Home - Science - Your brain could be full of microplastics" and you don't even know it Most of us now accept that plastic has reached nearly every corner of the planet. It floats in oceans, settles in soils, and drifts through…...
NASA conducts the first test of its nuclear engine for interstellar travel
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (219+ words) Home - Energy - NASA conducts the first test of its nuclear engine for interstellar travel According to NASA, the cold flow tests showed that the current reactor layout avoids destructive flow-induced oscillations and pressure waves, while producing a trove of data…...
A simple dinner could expose you to the same carcinogenic chemical as tobacco smoke
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (801+ words) Home - Science - A simple dinner could expose you to the same carcinogenic chemical as tobacco smoke For a few weeks, people were yanking black plastic spatulas out of drawers and tossing them in the trash. A viral scientific paper had…...