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Newly identified species is the world’s largest known giant water lily
Almost 180 years after specimens were first brought from Bolivia to the UK, a giant water lily has been confirmed…
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Good (and Bad) Ways to Help a Dog Afraid of Fireworks
First, let’s get the bad out of the way: trying to help a dog afraid of fireworks by saying, “Johnny…
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Who Is Liable When AI Kills?
Who is responsible when AI harms someone? A California jury may soon have to decide. In December 2019, a person…
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New Abortion Laws Could Make Prenatal Genetic Screening Harder to Do
Ann was 15 weeks pregnant with her fourth child when the results of her prenatal genetic test came back last…
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We Need to Make ‘Electrifying Everything’ Easier
Converting a home to run on renewable energy has never looked more appealing. Oil and gas prices have surged while…
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26 US states are likely to ban abortion to the fullest extent possible
After the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, abortion bans in states such as Louisiana and Tennessee…
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How Connected Cars Can Map Urban Heat Islands
Early one May morning in 1927 researcher Wilhelm Schmidt attached a mercury thermometer to his car door and drove around…
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AI generates photorealistic 3D scenes and lets you edit them as well
Artificial intelligence that creates realistic three-dimensional images could be run on a laptop and make it faster and easier to…
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UK’s largest carbon capture project will turn CO2 into baking soda
Tata Chemicals Europe’s plant at Northwich will eventually capture 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year for use in making…
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What Did COVID Teach Us about Preparing for a Plant Pandemic?
As the world continues to fight COVID-19, the menace of infectious disease has never been more apparent. The next devastating…
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