Science, Technology and Innovation
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This burger could kill the EU
Red meat isn’t actually red. By ALESSANDRO FORD in Rome That’s the first lesson I learned in the University of…
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Permaculture found to be a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture
RPTU University of Kaiserslautern-Landau has shown for the first time, in a joint study with BOKU University, that permaculture brings…
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Inheritance by Harvey Whitehouse review – the power of unity
After the Arab spring uprisings spread to Libya in 2011 and Muammar Gaddafi ordered his troops to fire on protesters,…
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Einstein and his peers were ‘irrationally resistant’ to black holes. This illustrated story explores why
Were they too strange and sublime to imagine? Ben Platts-Mills BBC All stars must eventually die, but when they do,…
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China’s New Sixth-Generation Fighter Jet Matters—Just Not How You Think
“China’s sixth-generation fighter aims to create a ‘system of systems’ that would enable it to coordinate with disparate weapon systems…
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New Important Step for Norway and Germany’s Space Cooperation
With this, a significant piece is in place for Isar Aerospace to launch its first satellite from the island in…
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Cloud geoengineering could push heatwaves from US to Europe
Climate models suggest that a possible scheme to cool the western US by making clouds brighter could work under current…
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What the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy fossil reveals about
Fifty years ago, scientists discovered a nearly complete fossilized skull and hundreds of pieces of bone of a 3.2-million-year-old female…
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We Ruined Rain
Climate change is turning it into a weapon. Marina Koren The Atlantic Water gave every living thing on Earth the…
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Is an old NASA probe about to redraw the frontier of the solar system?
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is hurtling out of the solar system at an incredible speed. Becca Caddy New Scientist It…
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The big idea: can you inherit memories from your ancestors?
Since the sequencing of the human genome in 2003, genetics has become one of the key frameworks for how we…
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What happened when 10 teens gave up their smartphones?
How did they get on? Kristian Johnson BBC Will regularly spends more than eight hours a day staring at his…
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Ending the Spectrum Wars
Administrative tangles are inhibiting competition with China over the dominance of critical communications technology. Luke Hogg Jeffrey Westling The National…
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Three years of high temperatures will mean we have breached 1.5°C
The aim to limit global warming to 1.5°C is based on long-term average temperatures, but analysis shows that if three…
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New studies suggest, once and for all, that fish do feel pain
But alas, not everyone agrees. Phil Halper Blue Planet Society And in a world where at least a trillion fish…
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Whaling Debate Highlights Need for Industry Supervision
During a debate in Northern Norway, both sides agreed that the whaling industry must be regulated and controlled to benefit…
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