7 Best Dehumidifiers for Cool and Dry Home Air (2025)
The first thing to think about is how you’re going to drain the water from the dehumidifier. In the basement, ...
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The Mystery of How Quasicrystals Form
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals ...
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Why US Power Bills Are Surging
Now, electricity prices are surging in addition to all of the uncorked demand from the Covid-19 pandemic, when the global ...
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China Is Leading the World in the Clean Energy Transition. Here’s What That Looks Like
Speaking by video at the UN Climate Summit in New York last week, China’s president Xi Jinping laid out his ...
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Robot Talk Episode 127 – Robots exploring other planets, with Frances Zhu
Claire chatted to Frances Zhu from the Colorado School of Mines about intelligent robotic systems for space exploration. Frances Zhu ...
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ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
United States immigration authorities are moving to dramatically expand their social media surveillance, with plans to hire nearly 30 contractors ...
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China Rolls Out Its First Talent Visa as the US Retreats on H-1Bs
The bottom line is that, unlike the US, China is not a country of immigrants. In 2020, only about .1 ...
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Mars rovers serve as scientists’ eyes and ears from millions of miles away – here are the tools Perseverance used to spot a potential sign of ancient life
Scientists absorb data on monitors in mission control for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. NASA/Bill Ingalls, CC BY-NC-ND. By Ari Koeppel, ...
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Jimmyjane Hello Touch Pro Review: A Vibrator Designed Like Earbuds
As someone who’s barely 5 feet tall with relatively small hands, if I felt this much discomfort, I can’t imagine ...
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Rethinking how robots move: Light and AI drive precise motion in soft robotic arm
Photo credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University By Silvia Cernea Clark Researchers at Rice University have developed a soft robotic arm capable ...
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