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A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

Society

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

A scientist in Ukraine warns that the reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power station is designed to protect against some threats, but not shelling

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Flying at some 65,000ft, the ultra-lightweight Zephyr S is uniquely capable of providing persistent surveillance or communications over the same area of land or sea for weeks at a time without landing.

Technology

Zephyr solar-powered drone smashes record with 2-month-long flight

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Roasting green chile on top of Sandia National Laboratories? National Solar Thermal Test Facility. Roasting green chile with concentrated sunlight instead of propane produces flavorful chile and reduces carbon dioxide emissions.

Technology

Roasting green chillies in the sun could pave way for solar cooking

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Technology

Russian shelling at Ukrainian nuclear plant risks 'another Chernobyl'

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Two Astronauts wearing Space Suits Standing on Alien Planet and Looking at Something. Futuristic Space Exploration, Discovery and Colonization.

Humans

The Moonday Letters review: Genre-busting sci-fi extols hope as a duty

Culture

The GE-Alstom Block Island Wind Farm stands in the water off Block Island, Rhode Island, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept, 14, 2016. The installation of five 6-megawatt offshore-wind turbines at the Block Island project gives turbine supplier GE-Alstom first-mover advantage in the U.S. over its rivals Siemens and MHI-Vestas. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

Unexploded munitions found at first large US offshore wind farm sites

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Planet Neptune in the Starry Sky of Solar System in Space with image elements furnished by NASA.

Space

A passing star shifting Neptune’s orbit could wreck the solar system

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2DEWC6E Beijing, China. 2nd Dec, 2020. This image taken from video animation at Beijing Aerospace Control Center (BACC) shows Chang'e-5 spacecraft landing on the moon. China's Chang'e-5 spacecraft successfully landed on the near side of the moon late Tuesday and sent back images, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) announced. Credit: Jin Liwang/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

Space

Moon rocks collected by the Chang’e 5 mission have water in them

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Life

Thousands of coral larvae ‘planted’ under offshore wind turbine

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NuScale Power Plant Design

Technology

Mini nuclear power stations may produce more waste than large ones

Small modular nuclear reactors may produce higher volumes and greater complexity of radioactive waste because they are naturally less efficient, researchers find

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Chemistry

Adding tomato pigment to solar panels increases their efficiency

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Space

Why the next big solar storm might hit Earth without warning

Features

Space

Pairs of giant planets may make their star systems ultra-habitable

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Space

We now know how the mysterious ridges covering Europa’s surface formed

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