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AI Teaches Robots the Best Way to Pack a Car, a Suitcase–Or a Rocket to Mars
Packing the car for a road trip might seem like a straightforward enough task, but it’s never been an easy…
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Polar Bear Dens Are Hard for Humans to See, but Drone-Mounted Radar Can Help
When he developed a drone-mounted radar system that could penetrate multiple layers of snow, Rolf-Ole Rydeng Jenssen imagined using it…
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A Huge Italian Volcano Could Be Ready to Erupt
On the night of October 2 a worrisome earthquake shook the towns above Campi Flegrei, a huge, long-dormant volcano immediately…
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These Male Stick Insects Aren’t ‘Errors’ After All
December 1, 2023 2 min read Some female stick insects can reproduce without males—but they have a secret By Saugat…
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How Forest Mythology Leads to Preservation–And Plunder
December 1, 2023 3 min read The powerful symbolism of forests, an AI that struggles to optimize the life of…
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How big a problem are methane and other non-CO2 greenhouse gases?
Fossil fuel production emits a majority of human-caused methane Evgenii Panov/Shutterstock Carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas under…
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Inside the Satellite Tech Revealing Gaza’s Destruction
On October 7 Hamas staged a coordinated attack on Israel in which it killed about 1,200 people and captured more…
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COP28: Countries agree on how to fund climate ‘loss and damage’
A flooded street in Beledweyne, Somalia, in November Abuukar Mohamed Muhidin/Anadolu via Getty Images The world has agreed to key…
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Experts Doubt Claims that World’s Oldest Pyramid Was Discovered in Indonesia
A headline-grabbing paper claiming that a structure in Indonesia is the oldest pyramid in the world has raised the eyebrows of…
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Could the world finally agree to ditch fossil fuels at COP28?
Neurath power station in Germany burns lignite, a form of coal REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay The COP28 climate summit is set to…
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