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No sun, No problem. UNSW researchers have shown that Earth’s radiant infrared heat can be used to generate solar electricity at night.
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No sun, No problem. UNSW researchers have shown that Earth’s radiant infrared heat can be used to generate solar electricity at night.
Scientists have found children who spent an above-average time playing video games increased their intelligence more than the average, ...
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…while TV watching or social media had neither a positive nor a negative effect…

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Scientists have found children who spent an above-average time playing video games increased their intelligence more than the average, ...
A Simple One-Week-Long Break From Social Media Can Improve Your Health
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A Simple One-Week-Long Break From Social Media Can Improve Your Health
Texas law allowing users to sue social networks for censorship is now in effect
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Texas law allowing users to sue social networks for censorship is now in effect
What would it take to make a black hole? And what's a black hole laser?
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What would it take to make a black hole? And what's a black hole laser?
These Nanobots Can Swim Around a Wound and Kill Bacteria
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These Nanobots Can Swim Around a Wound and Kill Bacteria
The Man Who Controls Computers With His Mind
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The Man Who Controls Computers With His Mind
AI-engineered enzyme eats entire plastic containers
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AI-engineered enzyme eats entire plastic containers
Plants have been grown in lunar soil for the 1st time ever
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Plants have been grown in lunar soil for the 1st time ever
New gene therapy partly reverses aging, reducing cancer and insulin resistance risk, while improving coordination and heart/muscle mitochondria in middle-aged mice
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New gene therapy partly reverses aging, reducing cancer and insulin resistance risk, while improving coordination and heart/muscle mitochondria in middle-aged mice
A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035.
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A solar power plant in space? The UK wants to build one by 2035.
A generalist agent from Deepmind AI. The singularity is around the corner
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A generalist agent from Deepmind AI. The singularity is around the corner
AI traffic light system could make traffic jams a distant memory.
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The system—the first of its kind—reads live camera footage and adapts the lights to compensate, keeping the traffic flowing and reducing congestion…

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AI traffic light system could make traffic jams a distant memory.
Eying A $1 Trillion Industry, 'Resource-Hungry' China Rapidly Increasing Tech For Asteroid Hunting
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Eying A $1 Trillion Industry, 'Resource-Hungry' China Rapidly Increasing Tech For Asteroid Hunting
Rat testicle cells make sperm after being frozen for 23 years | The findings suggest that children who have testicle tissue frozen before cancer treatment may be able to have the tissue reimplanted...
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…so they can one day have their own biological children through in vitro fertilisation (IVF)…

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Rat testicle cells make sperm after being frozen for 23 years | The findings suggest that children who have testicle tissue frozen before cancer treatment may be able to have the tissue reimplanted...
Scientists Discover Unexplained Abundance of Rare Nuclear Fusion Fuel on Earth
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Scientists Discover Unexplained Abundance of Rare Nuclear Fusion Fuel on Earth
Vaccines and gene-edited mosquitoes can help cut down malaria deaths by 75% by 2030 according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This would avert almost 20 million deaths by 2050.
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Vaccines and gene-edited mosquitoes can help cut down malaria deaths by 75% by 2030 according to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This would avert almost 20 million deaths by 2050.
Compact Wearable “Lab on the Skin” Continuously Monitors Glucose, Alcohol, and Lactate
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Compact Wearable “Lab on the Skin” Continuously Monitors Glucose, Alcohol, and Lactate
Brilliant Planet plans cheap, gigaton-scale carbon capture using algae
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Brilliant Planet plans cheap, gigaton-scale carbon capture using algae
Scientists say they've figured out how to turn moon soil into spaceship fuel and oxygen
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Scientists say they've figured out how to turn moon soil into spaceship fuel and oxygen
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