Day: April 1, 2025
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SCIENCE
Sorry, hiding your phone won’t stop your procrastination
Bad news for people hoping to solve their workday procrastination by leaving their phone in a desk drawer: new research…
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SCIENCE
Toxic dust on Mars could make astronauts sick
A unique set of risks and challenges await the first astronauts on Mars. Deadly solar radiation, nighttime temperatures regularly dropping…
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Energy
How Landis+Gyr and SPAN are transforming homes into flexible, distributed grid assets
Mass electrification is one of the primary drivers of load growth, but what if part of the problem could be…
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SCIENCE
Scientists solve “cocktail party” mystery of bat echolocation
Every night, bats emerge out of roosts in massive numbers, creating what scientists have called a “cocktail party nightmare” of…
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SCIENCE
scientists pioneer method to tackle ‘forever chemicals’
Rice University researchers have developed an innovative solution to a pressing environmental challenge: removing and destroying per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…
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SCIENCE
In the pinball world of asteroids, a mudball meteorite avoided collisions
In April 2019, rare primitive meteorites fell near the town of Aguas Zarcas in northern Costa Rica. In an article…
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SCIENCE
How bats avoid crashing into one another
When a colony of bats leaves their cave and takes to the skies at night to hunt, they often do…
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