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Increasing Wind Turbine Turn-On Speeds Could Help Reduce Bat Deaths, New Study Says
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Increasing Wind Turbine Turn-On Speeds Could Help Reduce Bat Deaths, New Study Says

By Rebecca Boyle

Can Technology Help Biologists Save Bats from Extinction?
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Can Technology Help Biologists Save Bats from Extinction?

By Rebecca Boyle

Bat Conference, Day 1: Students Rush To Front Lines In Battle to Save Bats
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Bat Conference, Day 1: Students Rush To Front Lines In Battle to Save Bats

By Rebecca Boyle

NASA is Building a ‘Solar Shield’ to Protect Power Grids from Space Weather
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NASA is Building a ‘Solar Shield’ to Protect Power Grids from Space Weather

By Clay Dillow

Bees Solve Hard Computing Problems Faster Than Supercomputers
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Bees Solve Hard Computing Problems Faster Than Supercomputers

By Rebecca Boyle

Office Rice Paddy Turns Tokyo Salarymen into Urban Farmers
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Office Rice Paddy Turns Tokyo Salarymen into Urban Farmers

By Clay Dillow

Video: Chinese Vending Machine Sells Live Hairy Crabs
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Video: Chinese Vending Machine Sells Live Hairy Crabs

By Paul Adams

GPS Chips Installed in Endangered Rhinos’ Horns To Combat Poaching
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GPS Chips Installed in Endangered Rhinos’ Horns To Combat Poaching

By Julie Beck

Six Months After The Leak, We Survey The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Up Close
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Six Months After The Leak, We Survey The Deepwater Horizon Disaster Up Close

By Jennifer Abbasi

Racing to Save Bats From Catastrophic Extinction, Biologists Turn to New Tools
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Racing to Save Bats From Catastrophic Extinction, Biologists Turn to New Tools

By Rebecca Boyle

Life On the Edge: Four Visions For Inhabiting a World Transformed By Climate Change
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Life On the Edge: Four Visions For Inhabiting a World Transformed By Climate Change

By Suzanne LaBarre

Humpback Whale Makes The Longest Documented Mammal Journey With a 6,200-Mile Swim
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Humpback Whale Makes The Longest Documented Mammal Journey With a 6,200-Mile Swim

By Dan Nosowitz

This Picture of a Mosquito Heart Is The Year’s Best Microphotograph
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This Picture of a Mosquito Heart Is The Year’s Best Microphotograph

By Julie Beck

How to Clean Up Hungary’s 16-Square-Mile Toxic Mess
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How to Clean Up Hungary’s 16-Square-Mile Toxic Mess

By Clay Dillow

Giant Undersea Network Will Bring Offshore Wind Power to East Coast, With Google Investment
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Giant Undersea Network Will Bring Offshore Wind Power to East Coast, With Google Investment

By Clay Dillow

Planned Portuguese Eco-City Is Controlled By A Central Computer Brain
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Planned Portuguese Eco-City Is Controlled By A Central Computer Brain

By Rebecca Boyle

World’s First Carbon-Neutral Convention Center Opens
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World’s First Carbon-Neutral Convention Center Opens

By Dan Nosowitz

Instant Expert: The Drama and Controversy of Fracking
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Instant Expert: The Drama and Controversy of Fracking

By Corey Binns

How Modified Worms and Goats Can Mass-Produce Nature’s Toughest Fiber
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How Modified Worms and Goats Can Mass-Produce Nature’s Toughest Fiber

By Rebecca Boyle

U.S. Military Aims to Use 50 Percent Renewable Energy Within Ten Years
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U.S. Military Aims to Use 50 Percent Renewable Energy Within Ten Years

By Dan Nosowitz

How the Empire State Building Is Pioneering the Future of Energy Efficiency
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How the Empire State Building Is Pioneering the Future of Energy Efficiency

By Clay Dillow

Solar Wind Could Replace Solar, Wind as Renewable Energy Source
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Solar Wind Could Replace Solar, Wind as Renewable Energy Source

By Rebecca Boyle

The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment: a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap
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The Most Ambitious Weather Experiment: a 1,000-Square-Mile Tornado Trap

By Corey Binns

Enviropig: A Bioengineered Pig That Excretes Fewer Pollutants
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Enviropig: A Bioengineered Pig That Excretes Fewer Pollutants

By Bjorn Carey

130 Feet Above the Amazon Rainforest, Scientists Sample the Last Pristine Air on Earth
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130 Feet Above the Amazon Rainforest, Scientists Sample the Last Pristine Air on Earth

By Clay Dillow

Secretary Clinton’s Clean Stove Initiative Aims to Cut Carbon-Filled Cooking Smoke Worldwide
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Secretary Clinton’s Clean Stove Initiative Aims to Cut Carbon-Filled Cooking Smoke Worldwide

By Clay Dillow

This Week, FDA Considers Genetically Engineered Salmon for Human Consumption
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This Week, FDA Considers Genetically Engineered Salmon for Human Consumption

By Rebecca Boyle

Silicon Carbide Sensors, Resistant to 1,600-Degree Heat, Could Monitor Conditions Inside Volcanoes
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Silicon Carbide Sensors, Resistant to 1,600-Degree Heat, Could Monitor Conditions Inside Volcanoes

By Clay Dillow

In Sweet Breakthrough, Scientists Led By Makers of M&Ms Sequence the Chocolate Genome
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In Sweet Breakthrough, Scientists Led By Makers of M&Ms Sequence the Chocolate Genome

By Rebecca Boyle

Dog Poo Powers a Streetlight In Massachusetts Park
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Dog Poo Powers a Streetlight In Massachusetts Park

By Rebecca Boyle

Warmth of Human Bodies Waiting Below Ground for Paris Metro Will Heat New Apartment Complex
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Warmth of Human Bodies Waiting Below Ground for Paris Metro Will Heat New Apartment Complex

By Clay Dillow

Swedish Researchers Harness Green Goo to Create Solar Cells from Jellyfish
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Swedish Researchers Harness Green Goo to Create Solar Cells from Jellyfish

By Clay Dillow

Development of Tiny Thorium Reactors Could Wean the World Off Oil In Just Five Years
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Development of Tiny Thorium Reactors Could Wean the World Off Oil In Just Five Years

By Rebecca Boyle

Electricity Out of Thin Air Could Be The Next Big Power Source
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Electricity Out of Thin Air Could Be The Next Big Power Source

By Clay Dillow

Bacteria Have Eaten Giant Gulf Oil Plume, New Study Says
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Bacteria Have Eaten Giant Gulf Oil Plume, New Study Says

By Rebecca Boyle

Russian Seed Bank, Saved During WWII, Fights to Save Land From Developers
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Russian Seed Bank, Saved During WWII, Fights to Save Land From Developers

By Rebecca Boyle

Newly Discovered Underwater Oil Plume Paints a Complex Picture of Gulf Leak Aftermath
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Newly Discovered Underwater Oil Plume Paints a Complex Picture of Gulf Leak Aftermath

By Rebecca Boyle

Sensor Networks in Buildings Could Use AC Ducts as Huge, Building-Wide Antennas
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Sensor Networks in Buildings Could Use AC Ducts as Huge, Building-Wide Antennas

By Clay Dillow

RFID Chips Can Be Made of Wood, to Tag Trees Without Adulterating the Timber
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RFID Chips Can Be Made of Wood, to Tag Trees Without Adulterating the Timber

By Clay Dillow

Grid Could Meet Sudden Energy Demands By Storing Power As Liquid Oxygen
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Grid Could Meet Sudden Energy Demands By Storing Power As Liquid Oxygen

By Rebecca Boyle

Particle Accelerators Could Be Used to Produce Energy (and Plutonium)
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Particle Accelerators Could Be Used to Produce Energy (and Plutonium)

By Rebecca Boyle

Bio-Scaffold Regenerates Rabbit Joints In Vivo While the Rabbits Run
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Bio-Scaffold Regenerates Rabbit Joints In Vivo While the Rabbits Run

By Rebecca Boyle

Mouse Grimace Scale Measures the Agony of Lab Animals
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Mouse Grimace Scale Measures the Agony of Lab Animals

By Susannah F. Locke

Toilet Tech: A Power Generator Turns Falling Wastewater Into Electricity
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Toilet Tech: A Power Generator Turns Falling Wastewater Into Electricity

By Clay Dillow

Whitening Cities’ Roofs Is Environmental Equivalent of Taking 300 Million Cars Off the Road, DoE Study Says
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Whitening Cities’ Roofs Is Environmental Equivalent of Taking 300 Million Cars Off the Road, DoE Study Says

By Rebecca Boyle

Great White Sharks Text Their Whereabouts, For Science and Swimmer Safety
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Great White Sharks Text Their Whereabouts, For Science and Swimmer Safety

By Justin McLachlan

Seasoning Livestock Feed With Curry Spices Cuts Methane Emissions 40 Percent
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Seasoning Livestock Feed With Curry Spices Cuts Methane Emissions 40 Percent

By Clay Dillow

Vibration-Powered AA Battery Charges Up When You Shake It
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Vibration-Powered AA Battery Charges Up When You Shake It

By Paul Adams

One Man’s Giant Pacific Garbage Patch Is Another’s Beautiful Island Nation
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One Man’s Giant Pacific Garbage Patch Is Another’s Beautiful Island Nation

By Clay Dillow

Can Plants Think?
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Can Plants Think?

By Rebecca Boyle

London Builds an Insect Hotel to Keep Helpful Bugs in Residence
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London Builds an Insect Hotel to Keep Helpful Bugs in Residence

By Clay Dillow

Infrared Maps Give Belgian Homeowners a Bird’s-Eye View of Their Houses’ Energy Efficiency
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Infrared Maps Give Belgian Homeowners a Bird’s-Eye View of Their Houses’ Energy Efficiency

By Rebecca Boyle

Environmental Visionaries: The Solar Roadrunner
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Environmental Visionaries: The Solar Roadrunner

By John Bradley

Environmental Visionaries: The Diaper Farmer
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Environmental Visionaries: The Diaper Farmer

By Bruce Grierson

Diamond Bullet Fired at 1000 Km/S Could Produce Nuclear Fusion, Chinese Researchers Say
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Diamond Bullet Fired at 1000 Km/S Could Produce Nuclear Fusion, Chinese Researchers Say

By Rebecca Boyle

NREL’s Zero-Energy Research Building, Largest in Nation, Generates as Much Power as it Uses
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NREL’s Zero-Energy Research Building, Largest in Nation, Generates as Much Power as it Uses

By Clay Dillow

Six Quiet Climate Villains
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Six Quiet Climate Villains

By Rebecca Boyle

When Things Fall Apart
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When Things Fall Apart

By Jasper Collum

German Airports Using “Biodetective” Honeybees To Monitor Air Quality
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German Airports Using “Biodetective” Honeybees To Monitor Air Quality

By Rebecca Boyle

British Amputee Cat First to Get Bone-Grafted Exoprosthetic Paws
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British Amputee Cat First to Get Bone-Grafted Exoprosthetic Paws

By Paul Adams

Environmental Visionaries: The Urban Remodeler
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Environmental Visionaries: The Urban Remodeler

By John Bradley

Environmental Visionaries: The Nuclear Revivalist
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Environmental Visionaries: The Nuclear Revivalist

By John Bradley

ISS Crew Captures Beautiful Image of Green Aurora Over the Indian Ocean
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ISS Crew Captures Beautiful Image of Green Aurora Over the Indian Ocean

By Clay Dillow

The Future of Green Architecture: A Floating Museum
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The Future of Green Architecture: A Floating Museum

By Suzanne LeBarre

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