Science
This sound-suppressing silk can create quiet spaces
We are living in a very noisy world. From the hum of traffic outside your window to the next-door neighbor’s ...
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The US is propping up gas while the world moves to renewable energy
The amount of electricity and greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants likely peaked in 2023, according to the ...
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The Odysseus lunar lander is on its side and will likely run out of energy soon
The Odysseus lander is likely to remain operating for another 24 hours on the Moon’s surface, despite being tipped over ...
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Watch NASA launch its first astronauts aboard the Boeing Starliner at 10:34PM ET
NASA will attempt to send a pair of astronauts to space aboard Boeing’s Starliner aircraft for the first time soon, ...
The One Thing Holding Back Heat Pumps
So the demand is there, as is growing support from the federal and state governments. What’s lagging is the workforce—at ...
AI to drive natural gas boom as utilities face surging data center demand
A chimney from the Linden Cogeneration Plant is seen in Linden New Jersey April 22, 2022. Kena Betancur | View ...
Orangutan treats facial wound with medicinal plant in documented first – National
In what scientists are calling a first for any non-human species, a Sumatran orangutan in Indonesia was seen creating and ...
Space photo of the week: A planet-size explosion rocks the sun’s ‘mossy’ corona
What it is: A fiery landscape on the surface of the sun Where it is: About 93 million miles (150 ...
Sister cities can help communities better navigate the climate crisis
Anthropologists at Rice University suggest in a new study that establishing networks of ‘sister cities’ dedicated to addressing the impact ...
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Microsoft made the biggest renewable energy agreement ever to fuel its AI ambitions
Microsoft just agreed to support the development of 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity around the world, a massive ...
