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Lichens may help forecast sea level rise
One of the great infrastructure challenges of the next few decades is to figure out which coastal sites should be abandoned and which can be saved. Lichens can help.
Neuralink’s request for human trials of brain implants was reportedly rejected by the FDA
Reuters reports that multiple safety concerns led to the FDA rejecting the application.
Why the US military plans to start making its own jet fuel
Traditional jet fuel is a petroleum product that comes from the ground, but it can also be created synthetically. Here's how.
Coal is on its way out. But its toxic pollution lingers.
The coal industry may be dying in the U.S., but its health impacts are not, report finds.
Why an old-school auto tech organization is embracing electrification
As EVs get popular, so do their parts.
MasterChef inspired an edible medical sensor
It's vegan, and that's not even the most sustainable part.
Pandemic shipping took a heavy toll on the climate
'Public health and the climate cannot wait for an entirely new generation of vessels.'
A bug expert went shopping at Walmart—and made a historic insect discovery
The giant lacewing had seemingly disappeared from eastern North America over 50 years ago.
Details of life in Bronze Age Mycenae could lie at the bottom of a well
The refuse dump was filled with animal remains, but not all creatures were handled the same.
A mythological Norse beast may have just been a weird, hungry whale
The folktale monster ate with its mouth extremely wide open—which is how some cetaceans gulp up fish in real life.