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France Becomes The First Country To Ban Plastic Plates And Cutlery

France has apparently become the first country in the world to ban plastic plates, cups and utensils, passing a law that will go into effect in 2020. Exceptions will be all...

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North Sea Oil Is In Its Death Throes. But The Industry Has One Last Grand Act Left

To witness the beginning or end of a great industry or a way of living isn’t unusual. Each generation has its list of comings and goings – great grandfathers wh...

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The End Of Coal: EU Energy Companies Pledge No New Plants From 2020

Companies from every EU nation except Poland and Greece sign up to initiative in bid to meet Paris pledges and limit effects of climate change Europe’s energy utiliti...

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The world's first zero-emissions hydrogen train is coming

A zero-emissions train that runs on just steam and condensed water has successfully completed its first test run in Germany. The Coradia iLint is the world’s only fue...

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500,000 Pieces Of Space Junk Are Orbiting The Earth.

Humans have a real knack for leaving their mark wherever they go. Thanks to the curiosity of the human mind and our grand ambitions, this trait is no longer just relegated ...

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Massive 3-D Cell Library Teaches Computers How To Find Mitochondria

GRAHAM JOHNSON IS an artist with a curious muse: the human cell. He’s the Matisse of mitochondria, the Goya of the Golgi apparatus. Twenty years ago he graduated from...

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Creating Zika-Proof Mosquitoes Means Rigging Natural Selection

OF THE MANY great things promised by Crispr gene editing technology, the ability to eliminate disease by modifying organisms might just top the list. But doing that require...

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Farm Researchers Are Using Military Face-Recognition Software To Inspect Grapes

Somewhere in a field in South Carolina, a robot drives slowly through the dry soil between tall, swaying rows of sorghum: a nutrient-rich grain. The robot scans the stalks ...

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Sarah Parcak Is A Space Archaeologist. Soon You Will Be Too

To be fair, she’s not so much playing as she is demonstrating, but nonetheless, Parcak is sitting in a fancy New York restaurant and is definitely not eating her $12 ...

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New Research Says Dark Energy Doesn't Need To Exist

On Thursday, a team of researchers from Hungary's Eötvös Loránd University published research in which they claim that dark energy—the elusive substa...

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