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Putting CO2 into rocks and getting hydrogen out is climate double win

Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a…

We could generate hydrogen from rocks while storing CO2 in them

Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a…

The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up

When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or…

Intoxicating and astonishing: Why 'The Selfish Gene' almost never was

Fifty years ago, a draft of Richard Dawkins’s first book landed on book editor Michael Rodgers’s desk – and life was…

After news about Oliver Sacks's "lies", we revisit his best-loved book

Last year, The New Yorker revealed the late Sacks's "guilt" about his “falsification” in The Man Who Mistook His Wife…

More die of suspected Ebola as WHO warns that numbers will rise further

In its latest update, the World Health Organization says there have now been 139 suspected deaths and 600 cases.

There's no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going

# Summary A nonfiction book about artificial intelligence and truth was found to contain multiple fake and…

Japan is gripped by mass allergies. A 1950s project is to blame

Japan is experiencing a nationwide allergy crisis affecting 43% of its population, traced back to a 1950s reforestation…

We may finally know why dinosaurs like T. rex evolved tiny arms

Five different groups of predatory dinosaurs independently evolved disproportionately small arms, and it seems they did…

"I'll buy 10 of those"—NASA science chief yearns for mass-produced satellites

"How in the hell do I get more science into space? That is my goal."

'Ebola has tortured us': Fear grips eastern DR Congo as deadly virus spreads

The health minister has acknowledged that medics are playing catch-up with the virus after being slow to detect it.

'Comically bad' datasets used to train clinical models for stroke and diabetes

Researchers discovered that datasets hosted on Kaggle and used to train clinical prediction models for stroke and…

The distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life

A decade ago, we discovered an exceptionally exciting exoplanet that could be the best candidate for hosting alien life.

Solar farm on the ocean outperforms land-based solar in Taiwan

A solar farm in a tidal bay has generated more electricity and profits than a nearby coastal solar farm, but challenges…

Why are most humans right-handed? The answer may lie in how we learned to walk

How two new California wildfires look from space

Satellite images reveal the scale of two wildfires that have broken out in southern California.

Wind-assisted cargo ships could more than halve shipping emissions

If wind-assisted cargo ships chose routes based entirely on where the winds are better, their fuel use could be cut in…

Colonization of Venus

Venus colonization proposals focus on floating habitats in the upper atmosphere rather than surface settlements due to…

Colossal claims an artificial eggshell will help it bring back the moa

Colossal Biosciences, the company that says it resurrected the dire wolf, now says it has developed artificial eggshells…

Odd “butterfly” molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm

An exotic new molecule is shaped like a butterfly, complete with "wings" made from electrons.

Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business

Costs for solar panels are expected to drop another 30% in the coming decade, helping the tech cement its lead in energy…

Ebola may be spreading faster than first thought, WHO doctor warns

Hundreds of cases are suspected in central Africa but experts fear the actual number may be much higher.

The future of robot armies is here – and it’s not what you think

Robots are becoming more a part of our lives every year, and worries about a robot army rising up have long plagued the…

Data Center Waste Heat as an Emerging Urban Thermal Hazard

Mystery of the ancient giant stone jars of Laos may have been solved

In central Laos, the landscape is littered with enormous stone jars, some 3 metres high, and we may be closer to…

One Mars spacecraft, two senators, and a cloud of questions

"I think there's plenty of fire lit under them already."

Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor

New X-rays and CT scans showed small case with locking mechanism containing metal instruments.

At least 100 deaths reported in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed at least 131 people with over 513 suspected cases,…

Flotation tanks deployed to combat PTSD after devastating wildfires

Maui in Hawaii experienced some of the worst wildfires in US history in 2023.