Climate Science
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Solar space sails are real, and Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson are stoked
LightSail could offer a low-cost and reliable way to propel small satellites. Plus, it's cool!
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Spin some Fatboy Slim while checking out this retro climate model
Watch one of the first climate models in action.
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Styrofoam and recycling explained in less than 4 minutes!
Plus, meet the McDonald's mascot you wish would come back and dethrone Ronald.
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Scientists may have found a way to eliminate antibiotic-resistant infections
New gene-editing technologies may take down antibiotic-resistant bacteria once and for all.
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Scientists STILL haven’t figured out how to grow money on trees
Dang science. We'll write about it anyway.
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What’s with those melting ice shelves in Antarctica? We explain
First the Larsen A ice shelf crumbled, then the Larsen B. Now scientists are keeping close tabs on Larsen C, which is the size of Scotland.
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Scientists will never build a perfect climate model, but that’s OK
These NASA scientists live above Seinfeld's diner and predict the future.
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In search of artificial muscles, scientists have turned to onions
How squishy robots of the future could one day be made of gold-plated onion skin.
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Drought ended the Maya empire. Is California next?
If you thought America's drought problems are bad now, wait 'til you see what it can do to an entire civilization.