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Gigawatts of planned natural gas plants despite low electricity prices
Enlarge / SMITH TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA – OCTOBER 25: A view from private farmland shows a natural gas cryogenic processing plant under construction October 25, 2017 in Smith Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. The cryogenic plant is owned by Energy Transfer Partners, ETP, one of the nation’s largest natural gas and propane companies. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty […]
5 health-promoting plants that will clean the air in your home — and are very hard to kill
It can be tough keeping plants alive indoors, especially during the dark, dry, winter months. But if they can thrive, indoor plants have all sorts of benefits. Plants can regulate indoor humidity, and they’ve been shown to make people feel content and peaceful around the world. In Norway, office workers report that having plants at work helps them […]
Fisker Aims for Charging Innovation and Solid-State Batteries—Not Dealerships or Assembly Plants
– Ten years after launching Fisker Automotive, a company that once sparred with Tesla for California electric-vehicle supremacy, its founder is back with a new company as well as a new electric car, the all-wheel-drive EMotion. It won’t be officially introduced until next month at CES in Las Vegas, but it’s already priced for pre-orders at […]
We can make plants pass out—with the same drugs that mysteriously knock us out
Enlarge / Venus fly traps sit on display at the Berlin-Dahlem Botanical Garden on July 20, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. (credit: Getty | Adam Berry) A verdant garden, softly draped with all manner of greenery, is a tranquil setting to most. But to scientists, it can be tranquilized further. Just like humans, plants can succumb […]
Robert Plant’s 1965 Aston Martin DB5 is for sale
It was made famous by James Bond in the 1964 film “Goldfinger,” and this particular version was given its lived-in quality by the frontman of one of rock-and-roll’s biggest bands. Now you, too, can own the Aston Martin DB5 likely driven to Bron-Yr-Aur and across the land of the ice and snow by none other […]
Drive This Aston to New Lands: Robert Plant’s DB5 for Sale
– In 1964, a Scotsman playing a fictional jet-set lady killer climbed into an Aston Martin DB5 laden with gadgets and turned the company’s six-cylinder GT into one of the most desirable automobiles ever built. Sometime in the early 1970s, a longhaired British lady killer—known for tight trousers, a bare chest, and a wail that was […]
Drive This Aston to New Lands: Robert Plant’s DB5 for Sale
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The Facilities Where Scientists Breed Plants to Survive the Future
Researchers are crossbreeding domesticated crops with their wild ancestors to propagate superhardy strains that better withstand droughts, heat waves, and freezes. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a0210202d3f5732c7d5aa36/master/pass/1217-WI-APFOGL-01_sq.jpg Feed: All Latest
US military goes green, eyes creation of ‘spy plants’
Published time: 27 Nov, 2017 11:24 Edited time: 27 Nov, 2017 11:25 A new research program commissioned by the US military could turn horticulture into a form of spycraft, potentially sparing humans the need to work in dangerous environments. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to genetically engineer plant-based sensors as battlefield surveillance […]
