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Category: Science
We cannot afford to offset our aviation emissions
If business continues as usual, climate pollution from aviation could almost triple by 2050 as demand for air travel increases, […]
Cars rewire our brains to ignore all the bad things about driving
Unsurprisingly, most Americans disapprove of antisocial behavior. Stealing people’s things, circumventing food safety rules or smoking in large crowds often […]
NASA’s Perseverance rover has dropped its latest sample of Martian dirt
NASA’s Perseverance rover has dropped the last of 10 sample tubes onto the surface of Mars, completing humanity’s “first sample […]
SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle can be used to evacuate ISS astronauts in an emergency
A SpaceX Crew Dragon vehicle currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS) can be used to transport additional crew […]
Meet the black bear who took 400 selfies
A special black bear recently discovered a wildlife camera set up by City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks […]
Microsoft forms ‘strategic alliance’ with solar energy manufacturer
Microsoft just forged a strategic alliance with a major solar panel manufacturer to try and deliver on its clean energy […]
ChatGPT cannot be credited as an author, says world’s largest academic publisher
Springer Nature, the world’s largest academic publisher, has clarified its policy on using AI writing tools in scientific articles. The […]
Lauren Sánchez will lead a five-person crew to space on Blue Origin in 2024
Lauren Sánchez is best known for her TV and news appearances — and a relationship with Jeff Bezos (which had […]
Meet the former Tesla executive who wants to take carbon dioxide out of the air
Microsoft, Stripe, Shopify, H&M — hell, even Coldplay — are some of the big clients that pay Swiss company Climeworks […]
We are now 90 seconds to our demise
Fellow humans, we are now only 90 seconds away from our doom – otherwise known as midnight on the Doomsday […]
Amazon is launching a $5 monthly prescription drug subscription
Amazon is launching RxPass in the US, a new drug subscription exclusive to Prime members that charges users a $5 […]