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The Dream of Mini Nuclear Plants Hangs in the Balance
NuScale says it stands by cost estimates based on its new design, and that it has long been in touch…
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Heat Pumps Sell Like Hotcakes on America’s Oil-Rich Frontier
Juneau gets most of its electricity from lakes that offer a clean hydropower resource. This means that it is particularly ecofriendly…
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Workers Are Dying in the EV Industry’s ‘Tainted’ City
After GNI rejected their demands, workers called a strike from January 11 to 14. On the last day, more than 500…
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The Generative AI Race Has a Dirty Secret
In early February, first Google, then Microsoft, announced major overhauls to their search engines. Both tech giants have spent big…
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Airlines and Cattle Farmers Have Beef With Google’s Climate Math
Flying premium from San Francisco to Los Angeles, a common trip for some Californians, could generate 101 kilograms of carbon…
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The Earth Is Begging You to Accept Smaller EV Batteries
Humanity may not exactly be winning its battle to avert climate change, but the electrification of cars has begun to…
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Suffered an Alarming Memory Glitch
A time lapse sequence of color-enhanced images of Jupiter from NASA’s Juno spacecraft.Image: NASA NASA’S Jupiter mission is back in…
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China’s Latest Out-of-Control Rocket Expected to Crash on November 4
The launch of Long March 5B on July 24, 2022. Photo: Liu Huaiyu (AP) A 21-metric-ton core stage is poised…
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Mathieu Flamini Has a Plan to Decarbonize the Chemical Industry
In 2008, the soccer player Mathieu Flamini moved from Arsenal, where he’d spent four years as a tough but classy…
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