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Positioning Massachusetts as a hub for climate tech and economic development
Massachusetts is uniquely positioned to become a leader in climate tech, said Emily Reichert MBA ’12, the...
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Early humans may have begun butchering elephants 1.8 million years ago
Butchering an elephant is an extraordinarily difficult feat, requiring serious tools and cooperation, with the reward being a protein...
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Electric car discounts are unsustainable, warns industry group
Theo LeggettBusiness CorrespondentGetty ImagesIndustry discounts for electric vehicles are "unsustainable", a major motoring group has warned, as the number of new cars registered in the UK exceeded two million last year for the first time since the pandemic.Nearly 500,000...
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LA fires: Chemicals from the smoke lingered inside homes long after the wildfires were out – studies tracked the harm
When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by surprise. Forecasters had warned about high winds and exceptionally dry conditions, but few people...
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New research may help scientists predict when a humid heat wave will break
A long stretch of humid heat followed by intense thunderstorms is a weather pattern historically seen mostly...
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Was our earliest ancestor a knuckle-dragger, or did it walk upright?
A long-running and bitterly fought dispute over whether the earliest known hominin had a knuckle-walking gait, like chimpanzees, or...
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Record year for wind and solar electricity in Great Britain in 2025
Mark Poynting,Climate researcher,Becky Dale,Senior data journalist, BBC VerifyandJess Carr,Data designerGetty ImagesRenewable energy - considered crucial to limiting climate change - produced a record amount of electricity in Great Britain in 2025, BBC analysis shows.Wind was the biggest single renewable...
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Should the NHS really use magic mushrooms to treat mental health?
Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentBBCListen to Pallab Ghosh read this articleLarissa Hope truly believes that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, saved her life.Back when she was 17 and starting out as an actress, she was cast in the TV...
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The duo kite-skiing 4000 kilometres across Antarctica for science
In the endless white expanse, a small mound broke the horizon. As explorer Matthieu Tordeur and glaciologist Heïdi Sevestre...
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2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons
The mystery of how Mars acquired its moons, Phobos and Deimos, may start to be unravelled in 2026 with...
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Zelensky says Ukraine does not have clear security pledge from allies
ReutersLast week, Zelensky said a peace deal was "90% ready". Territorial concessions and security guarantees have been at the...