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Fervo is using technology developed in the oil and gas industry to unlock the vast stores of geothermal power under our feet.

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We constantly make decisions. Some seem simple: I booked dinner at a new restaurant, but I’m hungry now. Should I grab a snack and risk losing my appetite or wait until later for a satisfying meal—in ...

One study sketched a landscape of living creatures in the deep ocean using an approach called metagenomics. Here, scientists sequenced genetic material from all microbes within an environment, ...

With their bright blue bases, yellow gears, and exposed circuit tops, the 3D-printed robots look like a child’s toys. Yet as a roughly two-dozen-member collective, they can flow around obstacles ...

Softening Up. Prosthetic hands have come a long way.One of the first, crafted out of metal in the Middle Ages, had joints that could be moved passively using another hand.. Today, soft robotics have ...

The brain’s rules seem simple: Fire together, wire together. When groups of neurons activate, they become interconnected. This networking is how we learn, reason, form memories, and adapt to our world ...

Every day we’re juggling different needs. I’m hungry but exhausted; should I collapse on the couch or make dinner? I’m overheating in dangerous temperatures but also extremely thirsty; should I chug ...