Science and Technology
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More rice can be grown without harming the environment
“Rice farming is an underrated driver of climate change, responsible for roughly one tenth of global methane emissions. The problem…
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Bigger, better drones are being built to fight huge wildfires
“Several startups are developing a new generation of autonomous aerial vehicles that more closely resemble airplanes than the small quadcopters…
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Particle accelerator blasts cancer in under a second
“There’s an exciting new cancer treatment on the horizon called Flash radiotherapy that could shake up the field as we…
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Robot insect paves the way for robotic pollination of crops
“MIT researchers have developed a robot insect designed for artificial pollination, laying the groundwork for entirely indoor farms of the…
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Scientists develop patch of living cells that can repair damaged hearts
“For heart transplants there is a shortage of available organs, while artificial heart pumps are expensive and come with a…
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Cities used to be very dark
Cities used to be very dark at night, notes Jane Brox’s book Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light. “Before the…
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Death rates from cardiovascular diseases have fallen rapidly in many nations
“Cardiovascular disease mortality has fallen massively since the 1950s,” reports Our World in Data: The decline is substantial. In the…
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Most Cambodians now have clean water, and thus no longer get diarrhea
25 years ago, the typical person in Cambodia got nasty diarrhea every year, due to contaminated water, such as drinking…
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Wall Street Journal opposes nomination of RFK Jr. to be HHS Secretary
“President Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary in return for his presidential endorsement. But…
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9 nations eradicated a devastating disease in 2024
“Cape Verde and Egypt became malaria-free. Brazil and Timor Leste eliminated lymphatic filariasis, the disfiguring parasite that causes a condition…
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COVID-19 is getting much milder
“The latest COVID-19 variant appears to be much less virulent than its predecessors, causing fewer hospitalizations and a lower rate…
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Scientists discover vast reservoir in Cascade mountains, twice the volume of Lake Mead
“A hidden reservoir of groundwater more than twice the size of Lake Mead is buried inside the Oregon Cascades,” reports…
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Molten salt nuclear reactor advances in Wyoming
Bill Gates wants to develop a safe and clean next generation nuclear plant. His company, TerraPower, is constructing such a…
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Ozempic could have far reaching impact on the U.S. economy
Ozempic may be helpful not just in fighting obesity and diabetes, but also in slowing the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.…
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Government Debars Fauci Associate, Gain-Of-Function Funder Peter Daszak
By Robert McGreevy The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) formally debarred Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance,…
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Biotech advances reduce the suffering of livestock
“Industrial agriculture has been a massive boon to both humanity and wild nature, but it is unfortunately responsible for significant…
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British spacecraft captures close-up images of Mercury
Mercury is a weird planet. It’s incredibly hot on the side facing the Sun (800 degrees), but very cold on…
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Hallucinations from artificial intelligence speed up scientific discoveries
“Artificial intelligence models tend to make things up. For example, when asked to provide sources for their claims, AI chatbots…
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Drug to extend dogs’ life may lead to human life extensions
In 2025, Loyal, a biotech start-up, expects to start selling “a daily, beef-flavored pill” that “could give dogs a minimum…
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Chick-fil-A’s lemon-squeezing robots save 10,000 hours of labor per day
Bloomberg News reports that squeezing hundreds of millions of lemons per year to make lemonade was so labor-intensive for Chick-fil-A…
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Snail darter used to block dam isn’t a real species, scientists say; more ‘endangered’ species may be fake
The snail darter was supposedly an endangered species of fish — so endangered that in 1978, the Supreme Court blocked…
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Artificial intelligence will make communication with animals possible
“Researchers are building an AI system that they hope will, one day, allow humans to understand the many languages that…
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Artificial intelligence spots a wildfire and promptly alerts firefighters
“Artificial intelligence spots a wildfire in an OC canyon – and promptly alerts firefighters. Its practical uses continue to expand,”…
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Robots with artificial intelligence may radically reduce need for weed-killer and pesticides, gutting crop-chemical industry
“After almost a century of deploying a more-is-more approach to chemical herbicides, the global agricultural sector is rapidly rolling out…
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Woman receives America’s third pig kidney transplant
“A 53-year-old Alabama woman with kidney failure who waited eight years for an organ transplant has received a kidney harvested…
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Dentistry used to be worse than most people think
People’s teeth in past centuries were in worse shape than many realize. The first mass-produced bristle toothbrush did not exist…
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First baby born using procedure that matures eggs outside the body
“Gameto, a biotechnology company dedicated to advancing treatment option in women’s health, announced today the world’s first live human birth…
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Genetically engineering immunity to fungal disease
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are working on genetically engineering “immunity in amphibians, including Australia’s critically endangered Corroboree Frog,…
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Self-driving cars are much safer than human-driven cars
On December 19, the self-driving taxi company Waymo published new safety research on its vehicles: “Across 25.3 million miles, the…
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‘Super gut’ made from superworm’s microbiome consumes problem plastics quickly
“The unique gut microbiome found within a tiny plastics-munching worm could potentially be harnessed to successfully break down problematic materials…
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Micro-robot will travel the fallopian tubes to treat infertility
“A micro-robot that can travel into women’s fallopian tubes and drill out obstructions, allowing them to conceive, is being developed…
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Multivitamin could help save some coral reefs
“Could a multivitamin boost the health and resilience of coral reefs? Preliminary testing says yes! Like humans, these critical ecosystems…
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MIT scientists plan to build fusion power plant in Virginia
“Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a start-up founded by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said on Tuesday that it planned…
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Sea turtles are rebounding globally
“The sea turtle, a symbol of environmental destruction, is now rebounding,” reports The Doomslayer: A recent study found that out…
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Lizard saliva research leads to diabetes medication, weight loss drug, and treatment for sleep apnea
“People sometimes make fun of science that sounds stupid and random. Meanwhile, a study of lizard saliva turned into a…
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Anthony Fauci holds several ‘professor’ titles at Georgetown University but teaches no classes
Dr. Anthony Fauci is a “distinguished university professor” at Georgetown University, but he has not taught a single course since…
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