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Illegal Trawlers Are No Match for Undersea Sculptures

IT’S 7 AM, and a thin layer of mist still hovers over the harbor in Talamone as...

Flooding Wetlands Could Be the Next Big Carbon Capture Hack

Arriving at the tidal wetlands of Mungalla Station on the coastline of northern Queensland, ornithologist Simon Kennedy...

People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One

London had a problem. In 2016, more than 2 million of the city’s residents—roughly a quarter of...

The Future of EV Charging is Bidirectional, If You Can Afford It

With most electric vehicles parked at work or home all day, you may wonder whether you’ll save...

Brace Yourself For the Comeback of Citizen Scientists

Richard Battarbee spent his entire life studying freshwater ecology as an academic at University College London—but it...

Human brains found at archaeological sites are surprisingly well-preserved

Early in her research, forensic anthropologist Alexandra Morton-Hayward came across a paper describing a 2,500-year-old brain preserved...

Not all cultures value happiness over other aspects of well-being

For the seventh year running, the Finns have taken the top spot as the world’s happiest people....

Google DeepMind’s New AI Model Can Help Soccer Teams Take the Perfect Corner

The most exciting young coach in soccer might not be at Bayer Leverkusen or Stade de Reims,...

The Keys to a Long Life Are Sleep and a Better Diet—and Money

In one way or another, the superrich have always been trying to extend their lives. Ancient Egyptians...

Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.If you want to tile a bathroom floor,...

Readers discuss tardigrades, poison dart frogs and more

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Insurance Rates Are Soaring for US Homeowners in Climate Danger Zones

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.For most...
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