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Chile Has So Much Solar Energy It’s Giving It Away For Free

Chile’s solar industry has expanded so quickly that it’s giving electricity away for free. Spot prices reached zero in parts of the country on 113 days through ...

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Gender

Geena Davis On Why Hollywood Is At A Turning Point In Gender Equality

At Fast Company's FCLA event, the actor and activist discussed Hollywood's gender influence, how far equality still has to go, and more.
In 2005, Oscar-winning actres...

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Sustainable Development

Your Regular Doctors’ Checkup Could Soon Include A Scan Of Your Brain Waves

In fact, in the near future, Ryan D’Arcy told me, all doctors should be monitoring brain waves, alongside more standard clinical vital signs of patients, healthy and ...

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Orcas Are First Non-Humans Whose Evolution Is Driven By Culture

You could call it a culture shock. Many researchers accept that cultural experiences have helped shape human evolution – and evidence has now emerged that the same ma...

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Sustainable Development

A Universal Cancer Vaccine Might Be Closer Than You Think

There are so many cancers and so many things that can work in concert or independently to increase a person's cancer risk—to say nothing of the sheer scope and scale ...

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Environment

Plants Know When They’re Being Touched

By and large, most research seeking to attribute a mental life to plants has been discredited over the years. Yet new research coming out of the University of Western Austr...

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Could Alzheimer’s Stem From Infections? It Makes Sense, Experts Say

Could it be that Alzheimer’s disease stems from the toxic remnants of the brain’s attempt to fight off infection? Provocative new research by a team of investig...

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Designed In Seattle, This $1 Cup Could Save Millions Of Babies

When babies in poor countries can’t breast-feed, the results can be deadly, but a trio of Seattle researchers has found an innovative way to help.
Experts at the...

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Gender

New York City Lets You Choose From 31 Different Gender Identities

Individuals living in New York City can choose from a minimum of 31 different gender identities, many of which allow them to fluctuate between some version or combination o...

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Gender

Yale Promotes Gender Neutral Bathrooms

Visitors at Yale University's 315th commencement will notice something new on campus this year - gender-neutral bathrooms in 23 buildings.
The school is promoting them...

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