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A California startup won approval to launch a 59-foot mirror into orbit that beams sunlight to a chosen spot on Earth, helping crews work after dark

The FCC approved a satellite that beams reflected sunlight to Earth at night, and astronomers are pushing back over light ...
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California startup JetZero is building a wide, wing-shaped passenger jet meant to burn up to 50% less fuel, and Japan Airlines just joined the project

JetZero's wide, wing-shaped jet promises major fuel savings, and Japan Airlines just joined the project ahead of its first ...
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A Paris startup backed by Y Combinator says its bug-hunting drone completed its first autonomous kill, but the insect it caught was a moth, not a mosquito.

A palm-sized drone struck a moth in a test flight, a step toward autonomous mosquito control, but real-world proof is still ...
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An Italian study found microplastics in the blood of 84% of heart attack patients, but the small sample means it proves far less than it sounds

An Italian study found microplastics in the blood of most heart attack patients, but its small size keeps the finding far ...
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A Colorado farm now grows berries and herbs beneath 3,276 solar panels, and four years of data show the shade actually helped crops survive drought

A Colorado farm grows crops beneath thousands of solar panels, and years of data show the shade actually helped plants ...
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More than 1,500 ships have sat idle in the Persian Gulf growing a hidden coat of marine life, and scientists warn it could trigger a global invasion

Over a thousand idle ships in the Persian Gulf have grown a hidden coat of marine life that scientists fear could spread ...
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New York City sank more than 2,500 retired subway cars off the Atlantic coast, and the ones that survived became a surprisingly rich artificial reef

New York City sank thousands of retired subway cars into the Atlantic, and most became a thriving reef, though some designs ...
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A half-mile strip of solar panels now floats over an irrigation canal in India, generating power for the grid while blocking evaporation from the water below

A half-mile strip of solar panels floats over an irrigation canal in India, generating power while cutting water evaporation.
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A German-made material can pull nearly half a gallon of water a day from air as dry as 18% humidity, and it could soon scale to dry regions like the Mediterranean

A porous material developed in Germany could harvest nearly half a gallon of water per day from air containing only 18% ...
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Scientists found groundwater trapped beneath the Sahara for nearly 1 million years, and the discovery is more complicated than one giant hidden ocean underground

Vast aquifers beneath the Sahara hold rain that fell thousands of years ago, but the reserve is harder to tap than it sounds.
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A handful of wild guanacos can block 100 sheep from a single water trough in Patagonia, so Argentine researchers built two simple fences to stop it

A dozen wild guanacos can block a hundred sheep from a single trough, so Argentine researchers built fences sized to each ...
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It all started when a Florida homeowner had some old cardboard boxes he was going to throw away and ended up transforming a withered lawn into a garden full of butt…

Old cardboard boxes helped a Florida homeowner turn a dying lawn into a low-maintenance haven for bees, birds, and ...