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Energy-storing concrete could form foundations for solar-powered homes

A mixture of cement and fine charcoal can become a supercapacitor that could someday charge homes or electric vehicles

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Room temperature superconductors could be transformative for science

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Room-temperature superconductors: Here's everything you need to know

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Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics

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Supersonic cracks seem to be breaking the laws of physics

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LK-99 partially levitating

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Room-temperature superconductor 'breakthrough' met with scepticism

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Indonesian vegetables tempura traditional recipe. City of Yogyakarta, Java island, Indonesia, Asia. (Photo by: Mikel Bilbao/VW PICS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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How to make perfect tempura at home

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Full length photo of astronaut in space suit and helmet on Mars walking away from the camera towards a dust storm in the distance, red orange all around

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In Light-Years There's No Hurry review: Embracing a cosmic perspective

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2E8T2P2 Portrait of Northern Saw-whet Owl, Quebec, Canada

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What an Owl Knows review: Inside the world of this mysterious bird

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Best science fiction films about space, according to an astrophysicist

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Best science fiction films about space, according to an astrophysicist

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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 06: A pro-Trump mob confronts U.S. Capitol police outside the Senate chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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The Other Pandemic review: Can smart reframing fight conspiracies?

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Color enhanced light micrograph (LM) of Candida auris, a yeast responsible for many infections. Resistant to most antifungal drugs, this fungus causes several deaths worldwide.

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Blight review: The threat of a fungi-fuelled pandemic

A new guide argues that infectious fungi and fungus-like pathogens are the most devastating causes of disease on Earth

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Kagami review: Mixed-reality gig brings dead headliner back to life

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The Saint of Bright Doors review: Fine debut probes nature of memory

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Oppenheimer review: Great film goes to the heart of atomic warfare

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Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the greenhouse effect

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