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  • 28
    Jan

    The American West’s Salt Lakes Are Turning to Dust

    Feeling Salty, Science, Science / Environment, Technology
    By faynewsnow
    2
    0
    A new research and monitoring program aims to conserve threatened but overlooked saline ecosystems. http://www.wired.com/
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  • 27
    Jan

    How Sensor-Dangling Helicopters Can Help Beat the Water Crisis

    Chop Chop, Science, Science / Environment, Technology
    By faynewsnow
    1
    0
    A simultaneous solution to California’s extreme drought and flooding is to bank more water underground. Send in the choppers (and ...
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  • 25
    Jan

    You Might Survive a Nuclear Blast—if You Have the Right Shelter

    Public Safety, Science, Science / Physics and Math, Technology
    By faynewsnow
    1
    0
    The escalating risks of Russia’s war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of ...
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  • 25
    Jan

    The Problematic Arrival of Anti-Obesity Drugs

    Public Health, Science, Science / Health, Technology
    By faynewsnow
    1
    0
    Fat activists say they’re tools of coercion. Celebrities are taking them to get slim. Is this really the road people ...
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  • 24
    Jan

    Is It Time to Call Time on the Doomsday Clock?

    Science, Science / Environment, Technology, Tick Tock
    By faynewsnow
    0
    0
    It’s been ticking down the seconds to nuclear apocalypse for three-quarters of a century, but it’s not so helpful when ...
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  • 24
    Jan

    Is It Time to Call Time on the Doomsday Clock?

    Science, Science / Environment, Technology, Tick Tock
    By faynewsnow
    0
    0
    It’s been ticking down the seconds to nuclear apocalypse for three-quarters of a century, but it’s not so helpful when ...
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  • 24
    Jan

    This Startup Is Using AI to Unearth New Smells

    Science, Science / Biotech, Sniff Test, Technology
    By faynewsnow
    1
    0
    Google Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tech could inspire new perfumes—and help combat mosquito-borne ...
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  • 23
    Jan

    The World’s Farms Are Hooked on Phosphorus. It’s a Problem

    NO PHOS FOR US, Science, Science / Environment, Technology
    By faynewsnow
    1
    0
    Half of the globe’s crop productivity comes from a key fertilizer ingredient that’s non-renewable—and literally washing away. http://www.wired.com/
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  • 23
    Jan

    Hey EV Owners: It’d Take a Fraction of You to Prop Up the Grid

    Science, Science / Environment, Sharing Is Caring, Technology
    By faynewsnow
    1
    0
    If you agree to provide some of your car’s battery power in times of high energy demand, you’ll get paid, ...
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  • 23
    Jan

    Why Not Cover Ugly Parking Lots With Solar Panels?

    Panel Discussion, Science, Technology
    By faynewsnow
    1
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    In France, a plan to cover swaths of asphalt with photovoltaics will bring renewable energy even closer to urban areas ...
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