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Not only do heat pumps work fine in cold weather, they're still more efficient than gas furnaces in such conditions. |
Authorities and conservation groups are investigating the deaths of dozens of howler monkeys in Tabasco, where extreme heat and land-use change appear to be threatening the vulnerable species. |
The United States could fully transition to electric vehicles in about 20 years. When that happens, we're going to need a lot of chargers. |
Using machine learning, string theorists are finally showing how microscopic configurations of extra dimensions translate into sets of elementary particles—though not yet those of our universe. |
Increasing solar activity over the next year could bring more opportunities to see fantastic displays of the northern lights. |
This year has seen wind farm costs rise and many projects canceled as developers struggle with opaque regulations and determined opposition—but the industry is far from dead. |
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Using DNA from tangerines and tobacco, food scientists have made a familiar fruit tastier—and more Instagrammable—than ever. We looked into pink pineapples so you don't have to. |
| In a rapidly warming world, cities need more tree cover to stay cool—but only certain species can handle soaring temperatures, and often they aren't native species. |
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Las Barrancas, in the state of Veracruz, has struggled for 10 years against the rising Gulf of Mexico waters. Its best hope may lie in mangrove trees. |
| Physicists have figured out how a warp drive could work—even if it's more useful for our understanding of gravity than interstellar travel. |
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Thanks to a flaw in a decade-old version of the RoboForm password manager and a bit of luck, researchers were able to unearth the password to a crypto wallet containing a fortune. |
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