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'Fake snow'- business is booming due to global warming
This year's Beijing Winter Olympics used 100% 'fake snow' (artificial snow) for the tournament. This snowmaking industry...
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African heritages on the verge of being 'swallowed' when sea levels rise
On the coast of North Africa, ancient cities live in the line of human history dating back millennia, and they are perhaps too close to the waves of the sea.
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Turn the air into fresh water for farming in the desert
By turning air into fresh water, the team successfully grew spinach in the Saudi Arabian desert in June when daytime temperatures hit 55 degrees Celsius.
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US deploys plan to make artificial snow to fight drought
A team of US scientists is working on a project to make artificial snow to help solve the worst drought in 1,200 years.
Environment
Huge wormhole discovered at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean
Geologists have recorded the phenomenon of many large craters forming at an 'extraordinary' rate at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, CNN reported on March 15.
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Ukraine uses facial recognition technology to detect Russian soldiers and the identity of the dead
From March 12, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense began using Clearview AI's facial recognition technology to detect Russian soldiers.
Environment
14 simple ways to reduce plastic waste
Plastic is almost everywhere in life, and you can even chew it every day like gum. How serious is the problem of plastic waste?
Environment
Discovered 'mystery warrior' against climate change?
Many organisms live in the sediments on the seafloor, and these huge numbers of organisms could play an important role, both in sequestering and sequestering carbon, and…
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The Japanese built an extremely comfortable nuclear bunker, placed right in the house
The mini shelter for 7 people is constructed of metal, which is explosion-proof, impact-resistant and completely insulated from radiation, as well as biological and chem…
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Paris plans to open its first urban cable car system in 2025
It is known as a city with many famous attractions in the world. Recently, the Paris government announced a cable car construction project
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China's pioneering project to hydrogenize 95% of CO2 into gasoline
A facility that produces 1,000 tons of gasoline per year from CO2 completed trial operation and technology evaluation on March 4.
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Development of a material that sucks up nearly 6 liters of water from the air every day
Scientists have developed a salt hydrogel that can draw large amounts of fresh water from the air in conditions of just 30% humidity.
Environment
Lead poisoning from car smoke reduces IQ of half of the US population
Newly published research shows that lead exposure from car exhaust has lowered the IQ of half of the US population. And a drop in IQ scores is just the beginning of othe…
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Hydropower production technology using trucks
The researchers designed a system that generates electricity from trucks traveling on ramps, eliminating the need to build hydroelectric dams.
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China develops world's most durable tungsten material
The team at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Hefei, Anhui province, say they have developed the strongest tungsten material that can be used in a fusion furnace.