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THIRSTY WORK | 8-MINUTE READ |
Farmers in hot, arid regions are turning to low-cost solar pumps to irrigate their fields, eliminating the need for expensive fossil fuels and boosting crop production. But by allowing them to pump throughout the day, the new technology is drying up aquifers around the globe. |
DOT PHYSICS | 5-MINUTE READ |
Our in-house physics whiz explains how a heat pump can warm your home without burning fossil fuels. |
THE AMAZING AZOLLA | 5-MINUTE READ |
Meet the amazing azolla, a nutritious fern that grows like crazy, capturing carbon in the process. Could it be a food—and fertilizer and biofuel—of the future? |
YOUR NEXT JOB | 3-MINUTE READ |
When everyone's hooking their brains up to computers, we'll need BCI surgeons to install the hardware. |
TIPPING POINT | 4-MINUTE READ |
Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for a collapse of the Amazon in the coming decades. |
MEMORY DUMP | 4-MINUTE READ |
Erasing key information during training allows machine learning models to learn new languages faster and more easily. |
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