Puget Sound is one of the best places in the United States to capture energy from tides. As water in the Sound rises and falls twice daily at high and low tide, strong underwater currents move swiftly in the narrow regions ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 31, 2017
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Germany plans to test software that can automatically recognize a person's dialect to help determine whether asylum-seekers are really where they claim they're from.
Other
Mar 17, 2017
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"Oy, get your head out of your phone!"
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 16, 2017
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As a tool against sea-level rise, the idea seems a little counterintuitive: Add water to the ground.
Environment
Jan 14, 2017
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Singapore will launch a new electronic payment system using blockchain, the technology behind the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, the city-state's central bank chief said Wednesday.
Internet
Nov 16, 2016
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A lot of people think what Leigh Torres has done this summer and fall would qualify her for a spot on one of those "World's Worst Jobs" lists.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2016
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Finnish reindeer herders in the Arctic have painted Rudolph's antlers in fluorescent colors, hung reflectors around their necks and even used movable traffic signs, but none of the efforts have helped reduce the annual 4,000 ...
Software
Jun 8, 2016
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When Mark Hain decided to leave his job as an emergency medical technician to pursue a degree in environmental engineering at the University of Georgia, he assumed he would immediately get his hands dirty designing and building ...
Social Sciences
Nov 23, 2015
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Communist Vietnam is turning to Facebook to reach its young people.
Internet
Oct 22, 2015
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has offered free online courses for the last four years with one major downside: They didn't count toward a degree. That's about to change.
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2015
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