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Solar power adoption has been rising fast. Amid recent federal efforts to limit clean energy, will it make a dent in our ...

Solar and wind power are almost too cheap for our economy,” says author Bill McKibben, arguing the switch from fossil fuels must happen soon.

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Solar power adoption has been rising fast. Amid recent federal efforts to limit clean energy, will it make a dent in our ...

Car crashes aren’t very funny. Unless, apparently, it’s a self-driving car. Researchers on public perception of these new vehicles explain why.

Dr. Masao Tomonaga was 2 years old when the US bombed Nagasaki. Eighty years later, he reflects on a lifetime of treating ...

There are a lot of claims about breast milk, but we know little about this sophisticated substance. Two researchers update us ...

In a new book mathematician Adam Kucharski traces our relationship to truth from the ancient Greeks to our AI reality.