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Your computer’s calculator app stinks. Here are 4 better alternatives.
Your computer’s built-in calculator app is acting like an old pocket calculator and that’s kind of weird. The word processor…
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The Navy’s robot pilots could one day outnumber its human ones
When it comes to equipping the aircraft carriers of the 21st century, the US Navy wants a mix of aircraft…
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The Sky Needs Its ‘Silent Spring’ Moment
Darkness was falling at Kitt Peak National Observatory outside Tucson, Ariz. At this hour Michelle Edwards, the observatory’s associate director,…
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The Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Could Be the New Normal
Scientists say that the economic cost of the rivers’ decimation is only part of the problem. The less water in…
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A long-lost rogue planet could explain unexpectedly distant asteroids
The outer solar system holds some chunks of ice and rock that orbit so far from the sun it’s hard…
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Cities are tapping residents to study climate change and extreme weather
This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and Next City and was made possible by a grant from the…
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Hundreds of Hospitals Are at Risk of Hurricane Flooding
Hundreds of hospitals along U.S. coastlines are in danger of flooding when hurricanes strike, new research warns. And as sea levels continue…
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Colette Pichon Battle’s Plea for Climate Justice From the US Gulf
As the Re:WIRED GREEN event on addressing climate change drew to a close yesterday, the weather underlined the urgency in…
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Alan Ahn Says Nuclear Is Still the Carbon-Free Fuel of the Future
“We need nuclear energy to fight climate change,” says Alan Ahn, a senior fellow at Third Way, a think tank…
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Patricia Hidalgo-Gonzalez Wants to Strengthen the Grid
The United States’ power grid is in trouble. Much of the country’s energy comes from nonrenewable resources that contribute to…
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