UN climate report: Carbon removal is now “essential”
A bleak new report from the UN’s climate panel underscores the price the world is…
The creator of the CRISPR babies has been released from a Chinese prison
The daring Chinese biophysicist who created the world’s first gene-edited children has been set free…
Droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower. Here’s what that means for clean energy.
The droughts that swept across the western US in 2021 sparked wildfires and damaged crops.…
The Download: Droughts are cutting into California’s hydropower. Here’s what that means for clean energy.
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The Download: Chatbots could one day replace search engines. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea.
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This startup wants to kick-start a molecular electronics revival
In 1999, Rice University chemist Jim Tour co-founded Molecular Electronics Corporation, a company that aimed…
The Download: This startup wants to kick-start a molecular electronics revival
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The Download: A US oil-drilling hotspot is kicking out far more methane than we thought
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Why using the oceans to suck up CO2 might not be as easy as hoped
The world’s oceans are amazing carbon sponges. They already capture a quarter of human-produced carbon…
The Download: Quantum computing has a hype problem
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