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Cryptocurrency mining is still on the rise despite huge price drops
The value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has plummeted in recent weeks, but the computer power devoted to the industry…
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Drones Could Spot Crime Scenes from Afar
Volunteers sometimes spend months trudging through remote terrain to search for lost hikers or crime victims. But a new tool…
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Computer powered by colony of blue-green algae has run for six months
Blue-green algae, a type of cyanobacteria, set in a container on a windowsill powered a computer continuously for six months…
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Covid-19 news: US records over 1 million coronavirus deaths
By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal…
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To Better Understand Women’s Health, We Need to Destigmatize Menstrual Blood
Women with endometriosis are often told they are pain-pill seekers, scam artists trying to take advantage of the health system.…
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Yes, Phones Can Reveal if Someone Gets an Abortion
Last week a leaked memo revealed that the Supreme Court plans to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. If…
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Declines in Air Pollution Have Made Hurricanes Stronger
CLIMATEWIRE | Hurricane activity is shifting worldwide in large part because of climate change. Cyclones are getting stronger, intensifying faster,…
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Gravity signals could detect earthquakes at the speed of light
Two minutes after the world’s biggest tectonic plate shuddered off the coast of Japan, the country’s meteorological agency issued its…
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God, Dark Matter and Falling Cats: A Conversation with 2022 Templeton Prize Winner Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek, a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist and author, has been announced as the recipient of the 2022 Templeton Prize,…
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We have 48% chance of breaching 1.5°C target by 2026, says Met Office
The world could soon temporarily overshoot the 1.5°C warming threshold – showing how close we are coming to missing the…
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