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The Green Comet will be closest to earth on Feb 1. Here's the science behind its ghoulish glow.
A comet is essentially a galactic snowball. Physics explains why the green comet's head is green, b…
Marianne Guenot
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Tickets for this nuclear-powered superyacht will cost $3 million for VIPs and be free to scientists and students selected to help study climate change
The emission-free Earth 300 vessel is scheduled to set sail in 2025 with 160 scientists and 40 VIP …
Natasha Dailey
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How a US government program advocated using nuclear explosions for construction, farming radioactive crops, and blasting holes in the moon
In the 50s and 60s, the US dreamed up ways to bring nuclear tech into everyday life — like bu…
Marianne Guenot
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Checkout these government job openings in science and engineering
A government job is considered as one of the most secure jobs in India, as it is stable and a gover…
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Why we don't have fusion power plants yet, and what it'll take to get clean, limitless energy to market
Trying to create a fusion reaction on Earth is tricky. Trying to control it and harness it in a pow…
Jenny McGrath
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US scientists trying to harness the power of the sun have made a 2nd major breakthrough for the future of sustainable, green energy
For the second time, scientists have taken one significant step forward toward a future that runs o…
Jenny McGrath
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A nuclear reactor in Indiana has gone all-digital, and it could mark a turning point for American atomic energy
The reasons for these reactor shutdowns are numerous and complicated - politics plays a role,…
Dave Mosher
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Scientists describe setting off the world's first nuclear bomb 75 years ago: No one 'even raised the possibility that what we were doing might be morally wrong'
The Trinity nuclear explosion, part of the Manhattan Project, marked the development of the deadlie…
Aria Bendix
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A new experiment has broken the known rules of physics, hinting at a mysterious, unknown force that has shaped our universe
An unknown force seems to be making subatomic particles called muons act weirdly. That same force c…
Aylin Woodward
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The UK lifted its ban on fracking to pursue energy independence as power bills soar, but experts say it's unlikely to help the energy crisis this winter
The UK temporarily banned fracking in 2019 due to concerns about earth tremors from this process of…
Huileng Tan
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A car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it coming
The asteroid, known as 2020 GQ or ZTF0DxQ, flew so close to Earth that it's now the closest known e…
Dave Mosher,Morgan McFall-Joh…
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Microsoft says commercial use of fusion-produced energy will be available within 5 years as part of new deal with Sam Altman-backed Helion
Microsoft is the first company to commit to purchasing electricity produced from fusion, the clean …
Aaron McDade
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All the problematic pseudoscience shared by Zac Efron's health guru and guests in his new Netflix show 'Down to Earth'
While the travel show has some fantastic cinematography and an important overall message, it also f…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Intel and the Department of Energy are building America's first exascale supercomputer, a computer that's capable of a quintillion calculations per second
Intel and the U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday that the construction of Aurora, the U.S.'…
Rosalie Chan
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Astronauts on the International Space Station are helping to forge a bizarre form of matter that does not exist in nature
Atoms chilled to supercool temperatures form a fifth state of matter called a Bose-Einstein condens…
Aylin Woodward
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NASA has led 7 asteroid-impact simulations. Only once did experts figure out how to stop the space rock from hitting Earth.
Since 2013, NASA has been leading exercises in which experts confront a fictitious Earth-bound aste…
Aylin Woodward
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How nuclear fusion works, and why it's a big deal for green energy that scientists made a 'breakthrough'
US Department of Energy leaders announced that researchers created a nuclear fusion reaction that p…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Earth's magnetic north pole is skittering wildly across the Arctic. By 2040, our compasses 'will point eastward of true North,' an expert says.
Earth's magnetic north pole has been leading scientists on something of a wild goose chase. …