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There are no coal-fired power stations in the UK for the first time in 142 years
On Monday, the UK closed its last operating coal-fired power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, which had been in operation since 1968. The closure of the 2,000-megawatt...
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A lawsuit filed by supporters of the “startup city” could lead Honduras to bankruptcy
According to him, the avalanche of private contracts has become part of a "kleptocratic" regime. one report from 2017 by the Carnegie Endowment for...
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These record-breaking up-to-date solar panels produce 60 percent more electricity
THIS ARTICLE IS HERE republished from Conversation under a Creative Commons License.The sight of solar panels installed on roofs and immense energy farms has...
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The key role of the vagus nerve in creating the human sense of mind
Original version With this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.It's slow at night. You're alone and wandering the empty streets looking for your parked car...
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The leak from the International Space Station is getting worse and is keeping NASA awake at night
U.S. space officials don't like to talk about the dangers of astronauts flying on the aging International Space Station, whose components are now more...
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Titan’s underwater interrogations end with some solid answers. Here’s what happens next
Another surprising omission came during Thursday's testimony of Mark Negley, a Boeing engineer. Negley conducted the initial design study for titanium and has assisted...
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Solar sails and comet tails: how sunlight pushes things
In the age of sail, ships traveled around the world on voyages of discovery and trade. This era ended in the 19th century when...
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An ultra-thin graphene brain implant has just been tested on a person
In 2004, Andrzej Geim and Konstantin Novoselov from the University of Manchester in England made the breakthrough when graphene isolated for the first time....