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Methuselah flow battery in lab

Flow battery on course to provide large-scale renewable energy storage

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By developing a new organic compound, scientists at Harvard have created a flow battery that could one day help power utilities make more use...
Voice-Activated Devices and Kids

Voice-activated devices need to be more toddler friendly

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What happens when toddlers talk to voice-activated devices? What happens, for example, when a small child talks to Echo, Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant,...
Climate Change Tax

Is it time for a climate change tax?

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A climate change tax would charge businesses and individuals for the harm that their emissions caused. It would follow the polluter pays principle. The...
Tech Giant Facebook

Tech giant Facebook still a leader in spite of stock slump

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Tech giant Facebook is still a global leader, in spite of its late July share value slump. The sharp decline in its share price...
Materialistic Media exposure

Materialistic media makes us less sympathetic to poverty

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Materialistic media exposure makes us less sympathetic to the plight of people who live in poverty. It also makes us more materialistic and anti-welfare....
Fishing Fleets Traveling More

Fishing fleets traveling more but catching less

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Industrial fishing fleets are traveling twice as far as they did nearly sixty-five years ago. They are also catching fewer tons of fish, say...
Leadership - responsibility aversion

Qualities of leadership – what sets leaders apart?

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Leaders are much more willing to take responsibility for making decisions, especially those that affect other people's welfare. What determines whether somebody has leadership...
AI device sees things incredibly fast

AI device identifies objects at speed of light

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A research team has created an AI device that can identify objects at the speed of light. It is a physical neural network that...
Breaking up FOG and producing energy simultaneously

Breaking up FOG – fats, oils, and grease – while also producing energy

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Fats, oils, and grease, i.e., FOG, can clog up pipes. Recently, they blocked London's sewage system. They can also harm fish and grow into...
Major innovations and stock market bubbles

Major innovations help create bubbles in their sectors

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Major innovations help create stock market bubbles. The more radical the innovation, the bigger the bubble. Major innovations sometimes also help boost other industries....