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How NASA Is Protecting Its Precious Asteroid Bennu Sample
by The Insightsby The InsightsThe NASA recovery team began by taking samples of the desert ground and atmosphere where the capsule landed. Then they gingerly loaded…
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Squeezing loofah sponges creates enough electricity to power LEDs
by The Insightsby The InsightsLoofah sponges are made from the dried husks of luffa gourds Andriana Syvanych/Shutterstock Loofah sponges – the porous husks left after drying…
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Wind Energy Could Get Safer for Bats with New Research
by The Insightsby The InsightsCLIMATEWIRE | Nearly a million bats are killed each year in the United States by colliding with spinning wind turbines, prompting the Energy…
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Is About to Bring Asteroid Pieces Back to Earth
by The Insightsby The InsightsSeven years after it left for the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning with a celestial souvenir. On the morning…
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How geologic hydrogen went from fringe science to potential green fuel
by The Insightsby The InsightsOlivine minerals like forsterite can produce hydrogen when interacting with groundwater Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History/USGS Efforts to extract underground hydrogen…
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OSIRIS-REx’s Asteroid Samples Are Finally Down to Earth
by The Insightsby The InsightsUTAH TEST AND TRAINING RANGE–Yes, it came from outer space. An extraterrestrial express delivery package from afar has landed safe and sound…
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The Secret of How Cells Make ‘Dark Oxygen’ Without Light
by The Insightsby The InsightsThe original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scientists have come to realize that in the soil and rocks beneath…
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Massive power line will send Canadian hydropower to New York
by The Insightsby The InsightsAn artist’s impression of New York City’s new power converter station, now under construction CHPE New York City has begun construction work…
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More People Die from Venomous Snakebites Each Year Than Have Ever Died from Ebola
by The Insightsby The InsightsInside a two-story brick building, not far from the orchids and iguanas of the botanical garden in Medellín, Colombia, wildlife technician Jorge…
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