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Squeezing loofah sponges creates enough electricity to power LEDs

Sponges derived from luffa plants could act as tiny power sources for small devices, say researchers - but they may not supply enough energy to be practical

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ORDOS, CHINA - JULY 7, 2023 - Citizens use photovoltaic energy from the roof of a shed to charge an electric vehicle at a public parking lot in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, July 7, 2023. Ordos City vigorously promotes the construction of photovoltaic power generation projects on the roofs of administrative institutions, government agencies, schools and public parking sheds. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

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How to reach net zero five times faster

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Potential new medicine can target proteins on cancer cell surfaces

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Back to the Future

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The 10 best time travel movies ever made, according to a metaphysicist

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Syndrome in The Incredibles

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Five of sci-fi's best corporate villains, according to author John Scalzi

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The Boston Dynamics robot dog Spot

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Starfield review: Too much AI-generated content makes for a dull game

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Peter Hotez, founding dean and chief of the Baylor College of Medicine National School of Tropical Medicine, speaks during a House Science, Space and Technology Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, March 5, 2020. The Trump administration won't be able to meet its promised timeline of having a million coronavirus tests available by the end of the week, senators said after a briefing from health officials. Photographer: Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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The Deadly Rise of Anti-science review: The personal cost of research

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The Neanderthal woman was re-created and built by Dutch artists Andrie and Alfons Kennis. Research including fossil anatomy and a detailed study of DNA is present in the color of the skin and eyes. (Photo by Joe McNally/Getty Images)

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The Naked Neanderthal review: Looking for the real Neanderthals

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Men preparing the root and the leaves to be cooked together for the preparation of Ayahuasca tea. (Photo by: Giulio Paletta/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Ten Trips review: What tripping taught an academic about psychedelics

From ketamine in a London kitchen to wachuma in the Colombian Amazon, self-described "douchey forty-nine-year-old psychedelic virgin" and neuropsychologist Andy Mitchell hopes his trips will teach us more about the drugs

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The Coming Wave review: How AI reshapes our world

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Starter Villain review: Big questions laced with absurdist humour

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Society

Can the UK’s new ARIA science agency deliver ‘moonshot’ technologies?

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