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“Where is everybody?” Not the opening line of a rom-com, but a physics mic drop from Enrico Fermi in 1950. One minute he was discussing UFOs over lunch; the next, he was casually rewriting the existential dread of an entire species. If aliens exist, they should be...
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Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the reigning monarchs of modern devices—until they aren’t. Phones die, drones drop, and EVs sputter to a halt somewhere just inconvenient enough to ruin a weekend. Enter: the radiocarbon battery. Safe(ish), nuclear, and...
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The planet isn’t just running a fever—it’s in full-blown organ failure. A damning new report confirms that 2024 smashed all the wrong records: greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures, sea level rise. The consequences? Locked in for centuries. Last year was the...
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The Southern Hemisphere’s night sky is about to get a full diagnostic scan. The Vera C. Rubin Observatory, backed by the NSF and DOE, is gearing up for a ten-year surveillance operation. Every night, it will sweep the cosmos, capturing everything from rogue asteroids...Recent News
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