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Melting: The Helheim Glacier The additional fresh water deposited into the north Atlantic by Greenland's melting ice sheet [above, the Helheim Glacier] might shut down the North Atlantic Current...

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The Science Debate Debate

Starred Beaker The idea that a presidential debate focused on science will advance the cause of science "is more magical thinking than scientific," according to a new essay by David Goldston in the...

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The Future of Cellulosic Ethanol is Green

Corn Field Markus Schöpke"Cellulosic ethanol technology is a lot closer to reality than a lot of articles would have you think," said Jacques Beaudry-Losique, manager of the Department of Energy's...

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Save Energy by Shutting the Faucet

aqueduct The California State Water Project supplies Southern California with water from the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Deltas. darinmarshallRunning the hot water for five minutes burns as much...

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Mars's Bubbly Past

spiritsilica The bright spot that Spirit's broken wheel excavated is nearly pure silica, the best evidence yet of Mars's watery past NASA/JPL/CornellDay 1,464 of the Mars rovers' 90-day mission to...

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Grand Engineering Challenges for the 21st Century

solucar Solúcar's PS10 power plant outside Seville, Spain afloresmA panel convened by the National Academy of Engineering announced today a list of the most important projects in the world—at least,...

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The Explosive Nuclear Question

cattenom The Cattenom nuclear power plant in Lorraine, France ToucanradioIt's going to be at least another two decades before any commercial models are built, but researchers are at work designing the...

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The Endorsement: Emergen-C

Emergen-C Fizz Ruby Honey Lemon flavor ShutterCat7Yesterday morning, 5 am: Oh s***. I'm done for. The viral infection so potent it fells healthy 20-somethings for a week at a time, the epidemic so...

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Shocker: World's Largest Solar Plant to Use Solar Panels

Solar Two This experimental solar thermal plant outside Barstow, California, focused sunlight on molten salt. Concentrated photovoltaic solar plants also use arrays of mirrors, but these mirrors...

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Tesla Roadster Electric Supercar Begins Production

Tesla Roadster Tesla Motors Today the Tesla Motor Company announced that they had begun regular production of the Roadster, the all-electric supercar that does zero-to-60 in less than four seconds....

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The Past From 200 Miles Up

On this week's episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage and articles editor Michael Moyer sit down with Mara Hvistendahl, author of "The Space Archaeologists" to find out why archeology has...

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Inside Planktos' Failed Iron Seeding Mission

In this episode of Cocktail Party Science, host Chuck Cage sits down with Michael Moyer and Kalee Thompson--the editor and writer of Carbon Discredit. Learn more about how one of the most elaborate...

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Breaking Open the Unknown Universe

The proton is a persistent thing. The first one crystallized out of the universe's chaotic froth just 0.00001 of a second after the big bang, when existence was squeezed into…

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The Fast Way Around

The purpose of the LHC is to get lots of protons moving very, very fast. The magnet system is the core piece of technology that makes this happen. More than 1,200 magnet…

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