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New crystal produced with gunpowder is stronger than diamond
Scientists created the mineral lonsdaleite in a lab and tested its strength using sound waves — before it was obliterated.
This deep-sea brittle star survived 180 million years of evolution
Let me introduce you to Ophiojura, a bizarre deep-sea animal found in 2011 by scientists from the French Natural History Museum.
Cause of worst mass extinction ever found
A new study reveals what caused most life on Earth to die out during the end-Permian extinction, also known as the Great Dying.
The renegade WW2 pilots who tried to end war as we know it | Malcolm Gladwell
The Bomber Mafia nearly changed the world—and you’ve likely never heard of them.
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New kind of molten salt reactor to be built at retiring coal plant
The fully functional plant will serve to demo TerraPower’s nuclear tech.
Pangolins are being trafficked to extinction in black market
Traditional Chinese medicine and Vietnamese culture are driving the pangolin to extinction.
Air pollution linked to violent crime in Chicago
As air pollution increases, so does violent crime.
Why Africa’s newest super-bridge is in the continent’s weirdest border zone
The Kazungula Bridge connects Zambia and Botswana, barely missing Namibia and Zimbabwe.
The future of humanity: can we avert disaster?
Climate change and artificial intelligence pose substantial — and possibly existential — problems for humanity to solve. Can we?
Genetics of unexplained sudden cardiac arrest
New research shines a light on the genetics of sudden cardiac deaths.