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Aluminum mining waste could be a source of green steel

Enlarge / A red mud retaining pond in Germany.Wikimedia Commons The metals that form the foundation of modern society also cause a...

Big evolutionary change tied to lots of small differences

Enlarge / An example of a Littorina species, the common periwinkle.Bjoern Wylezich The version of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin focused on...

FDA would like to stop finding Viagra in supplements sold on Amazon

EnlargeViaframe If you were to search for a product called “Mens Maximum Energy Supplement" on Amazon, you'd be bombarded with everything from...

NY Times copyright suit wants OpenAI to delete all GPT instances

Enlarge / Microsoft is named in the suit for allegedly building the system that allowed GPT derivatives to be trained using infringing material.Just_Super ...

First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled

Enlarge / The facility seen in this architect's rendering will not be built.Idaho National Lab Nuclear power provides energy that is largely...

Hitting the trails with a low-priced e-mountain bike

Enlarge / The Apex, SWFT's take on a very affordable e-mountain bike.John Timmer The subject of this review, SWFT's new Apex mountain...

Report: US needs much more than the IRA to get to net zero by 2050

EnlargeJustin Paget On Tuesday, the US National Academies of Science released a report entitled "Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States." The report...

New analysis suggests human ancestors nearly died out

EnlargeGetty Images Multiple lines of evidence indicate that modern humans evolved within the last 200,000 years and spread out of Africa starting...

Political polarization toned down through anonymous online chats

EnlargeCarol Yepes/Getty Political polarization in the US has become a major issue, as Republicans and Democrats increasingly inhabit separate realities on topics...

US picks the first two sites for carbon-capture hubs

EnlargeNicoElNino On Friday, the US Department of Energy announced that it chose the first two sites to host facilities that will pull...

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