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The belief that we could save endlessly online turned us all into information hoarders. What society needs instead is better systems for preserving public knowledge.

The UK government is reportedly considering a costly proposal to build a solar farm in space.

With 90 detections now under our belt, gravitational waves are solving riddles about the evolution of galaxies and missing black holes – and they could soon give us a glimpse of dark matter

It took a massive protective container, a trip through the Panama Canal, and all sorts of meticulous planning to launch the world's largest and most advanced space telescope.

Leading airlines like United and EasyJet are making plans, with the first U.S. commercial routes slated for 2026.

While we need mitigation, adaptation (if done well) can reduce impacts.

Reviving lost stories of women in science.

Where might the US be if it heeded her discovery of global warming’s source?

A neuroscientist turned designer has created a unique celebration of women’s history month.

In her bedroom during WWII, she discovered how the nervous system is wired.

When it comes to CPUs, there is a lot of jargon to wade through.

The country hasn't come to grips with what carbon neutrality actually means.

Tech companies find themselves navigating a new East-West split.

His teasing provoked me to understand the origins of time.

Critics pan the proposal but face uphill battle to kill the measure.

Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world.

You’ve seen them a million times. You might be wearing one right now. But do you know how they work to block a potentially virus-carrying respiratory blob?

"It is very unlikely that even Kardashev civilizations of type II might build magnetic ramjets."

"For the first time, astronomers were able to observe the death throes of a red supergiant star in real time," writes Slashdot reader quonset from a report via CNN. "The fortuitous event came about when astronomers were first alerted in the summer of 2020 by a release of bright radiation detected by...

The ALMA telescope, in Chile, sensitive to millimeter-sized dust, took these images of planet-forming disks.ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO),…

After years of delay, the most ambitious observatory ever built has at last left Earth. It now faces a high-stakes series of deployments in deep space

Mathematicians and computer scientists answered major questions in topology, set theory and even physics, even as computers continued to grow more capable.

Puzzling particles, quirky (and controversial) quantum computers, and one of the most ambitious science experiments in history marked the year’s milestones.

Dutch government will keep existing nuclear plant operating AND build two more full-sized water-cooled plants

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So far, the efforts to observe the currents directly show they're weirder and more unpredictable than expected.

The new lithium cells can last 25 years, charge an electric vehicle in minutes, and can't start on fire.

Radical new technique promises a cheaper and more secure method of burying CO2 emissions underground instead of storing it as a gas

Four new pilot plants funded by the US infrastructure bill could help expand the range of the “forgotten renewable.”

"It's a real break from French strategy, and clearly inspired by the USA."