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energy and fuels

Ronald Richter

Physics

President Perón, I'll give you fusion in a bottle

Ronald Richter promised Argentina limitless nuclear energy by controlling the process that powers the sun, and President Perón lapped it up

Features

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Technology

How the cyber age gave peace a chance

Culture

Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

Life

Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

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Marconi

Technology

Marconi forged today's interconnected world of communication

Culture

solar panel

Technology

How Tesla's batteries can change the solar power game

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A man smoking a joint in a car

Health

Speedy cannabis spit test could spot people driving while high

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Whales dive slower and feed less in response to shipping noise

Life

Whales dive slower and feed less in response to shipping noise

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Just a few hours’ exercise a week makes your heart grow bigger

Health

Just a few hours’ exercise a week makes your heart grow bigger

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Baby monkeys smile in their sleep - more so than human babies

Life

Baby monkeys smile in their sleep - more so than human babies

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iridium

Space

Iridium: story of a communications solution no one listened to

A space-faring real-life thriller shows that that global communication isn't the goldmine it seems – and the best technology doesn't always succeed

Culture

Health

There could already be 40,000 people carrying Zika in the US

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Health

High Court backs campaign to fund preventative HIV drug on NHS

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Health

Pregnant women travel warning as Florida Zika cases rise to 14

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Health

Huge boom in teen HIV cases could cause epidemic to spiral

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