Setting fire to a million acres of California could cut smoke by half
Firefighters in California during a prescribed burn San Francisco Chronicle via Getty You can fight fire with fire, even in the flammable forests of the
Trump-backed Stargate Project could strain the US energy grid
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The surprising relationship between your gut microbiome and sleeping well
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Fire at world’s largest battery facility is a clean energy setback
Smoke rises during a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery storage facility in California on 17 January Bloomberg / Getty Images A fire at
A new definition of obesity could help treat millions of people
Measuring body fat more carefully could help treat obesity Halfpoint/Getty Images Rethinking the way we define obesity could help millions of people worldwide, argue a
Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth
Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) captured on 31 December 2024 using a telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile Lionel Majzik A comet that has taken astronomers by
California wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather
The Palisades Fire advancing on homes in Los Angeles Ethan Swope/Associated Press/Alamy Fast-moving wildfires in the Los Angeles area are burning out of control long
Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent HFC-23 greenhouse gas emissions
Air-conditioning units, which often use HFC gases, on a building in Shenyang, China Visual China Group via Getty Images Emissions of a powerful greenhouse gas
Crystal-based cooling could make fridges more sustainable
Refrigerators and freezers typically get their cooling power from environmentally harmful fluids Mint Images Limited/Alamy A new type of crystal could enable refrigerators and air
IBM will release the largest ever quantum computer in 2025
Multiple copies of IBM’s quantum Flamingo chip can be connected together IBM IBM is planning to build the largest quantum computer so far, by linking