Trees Release a Ton of a Carcinogen. No, You Shouldn't Worry
We finally got around to checking our email and found a surprisingly interesting question from a subscriber: are trees bad?
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Could Deep-Sea Mining Solve the Energy Crisis?
(via SciShow) Polymetallic nodules, found at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean's Clarion-Clipperton Zone, have enough metals to secure the future of green energy. But is it worth the cost?
The Energy Transition We Really Should Be Focusing On
The long story of human energy use revolves around two letters: H and C. These letters represent a pair of elements: hydrogen ...
How the World's Oldest Cities Helped Humans Evade Diseases
In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived ...
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In my research focused on early farmers of Europe, I have often wondered about a curious pattern through time: Farmers lived in large dense villages, then dispersed for centuries, ...
Where Are All the East Coast Dinosaurs?
Where are all the east coast dinosaurs? Why don’t we find famous species like Triceratops in Central Park? Turns out, evolution and geology came together to make the east coast in ...
How Do Sunflowers Face the Sunrise?
To bring all the bees to the yard! These pollinators love warm, bright blooms early in the morning. But how did these plants end up facing east? It turns out they spend their whole lif ...