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bricks and LED

Physics

Ordinary bricks laced with conductive fibres can store energy

Regular bricks can be turned into energy storage devices through a process that uses their red pigment to create a network of conductive fibres inside the bricks

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Long-necked fossil Tanystropheus

Life

Bizarre fossil with an incredibly long neck was a marine hunter

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Perovskite solar cells

Technology

Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions

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dinosaur

Life

Tiny mammals once scavenged meat from giant dinosaur carcasses

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Solar Panels in Germany

Technology

Two-sided solar panels that track the sun produce a third more energy

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Fragmented tooth

Humans

Earliest known man with Native American DNA ancestry lived in Siberia

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Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

Technology

Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

Regulars

The evolutionary mystery of flying may finally be cracked by genetics

Life

The evolutionary mystery of flying may finally be cracked by genetics

Culture

planes waiting for take off

Environment

The aviation industry has a plan to make planes green. It won't work

Insight

Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

Technology

Metallic hydrogen would be the ultimate fuel - if we can make it

The universe’s most common element could also be its most wondrous. Two different groups of researchers say they've made it - but can either claim withstand scrutiny?

Features

Environment

How we predicted global warming and Arctic ice melt – 40 years ago

Regulars

Technology

Punching holes in solar cells turns them into transparent windows

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Environment

Tackling emissions from heavy industry is key to fixing climate change

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Technology

Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

Culture

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