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More trees where they matter, please
One of the best forms of heat relief is pretty simple: trees. In cities, as studies have...
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Study reveals climatic fingerprints of wildfires and volcanic eruptions
Volcanoes and wildfires can inject millions of tons of gases and aerosol particles into the air, affecting temperatures on...
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A horse’s whinny is unlike any other sound in nature
When a horse whinnies, it is making two sounds simultaneously as no other animal can: a low-pitched noise made...
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Video: Who Is Not Funding This Antarctic Expedition?
Our climate reporter Raymond Zhong describes America’s shifting relationship with polar research amid the threat of rising sea levels.
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Fresh understanding of the causes of migraine reveals new drug targets
We could be on the cusp of a new wave of migraine therapies. Revisiting a neurological pathway that has...
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BBC Inside Science – How to bury radioactive waste – BBC Sounds
Available for 31 daysA small but mighty problem: what to do with the radioactive waste we have already made? Professor Clare Corkhill from the University of Bristol gives us the run down on how radioactive waste is created.In...
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Parking-aware navigation system could prevent frustration and emissions
It happens every day — a motorist heading across town checks a navigation app to see how...
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Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains
Someone inhales fungal spores. They feel strange. They might get a bit bitey. Possibly a bit dead. And then…...
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Data centres could store information in glass for thousands of years
An automated system for storing large amounts of information in glass could change the future of data centres.
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How deregulation made electricity more expensive, not cheaper
American families are feeling the pinch of rising electricity prices. In the past five years alone, the generation portion of the standard service residential electric bill in Columbus, Ohio, has increased by 110%. This is...
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Trump demands that Iran promise never to build a nuclear weapon in State of the Union address
President Trump pressed the Iranian government to reach a deal on its nuclear program during...