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How NASA Repaired Voyager 1 From 15 Billion Miles Away
Throughout the five months of troubleshooting, Voyager's ground team continued to receive signals indicating the spacecraft was still alive. But until Saturday,…
Plant-Based Meat Boomed. Here Comes the Bust
Over the past three years, the plant-based meat industry has experienced a major reversal in vibes. Sales boomed in the early months of the pandemic, as…
Green Roofs Are Great. Blue-Green Roofs Are Even Better
Courtesy of De DakdoktersBelow that stretches a filter layer, which keeps the soil from getting into the next layer, a lightweight crate system that stores the…
Here’s a Clever Way to Uncover America’s Voting Deserts
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In Georgia’s 2020 gubernatorial election, some voters in Atlanta waited over 10 hours to cast a…
Environmental Damage Could Cost You a Fifth of Your Income Over the Next 25 Years
Kotz, Levermann, and Wenz suggest that this is an indication of warming we’re already committed to, in part because the effect of past emissions hasn’t been…
No, Dubai’s Floods Weren’t Caused By Cloud Seeding
Dubai is underwater. Heavy storms have caused flash flooding across the United Arab Emirates, leading to shocking scenes circulating on social media: Cars…
The Paradox That’s Supercharging Climate Change
No good deed goes unpunished—and that includes trying to slow climate change. By cutting greenhouse gas emissions, humanity will spew out fewer planet-cooling…
It Takes Guts to Fix Wind Turbines for a Living
Maybe you think they’re majestic. Maybe you think they’re an eyesore. No matter how you feel about wind turbines, there’ll be a lot more of them in coming…
The Quest to Map the Inside of the Proton
“How are matter and energy distributed?” asked Peter Schweitzer, a theoretical physicist at the University of Connecticut. “We don’t know.”Schweitzer has spent…
Toronto Wants to Manage Storms and Floods—With a Rain Tax
This story originally appeared on Canada’s National Observer and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A plan to charge Toronto homeowners and businesses…