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Trump administration has spent nearly $4B to cancel offshore wind farms (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-07 | by Tim De Chant | tags: natural, natural gas, plants

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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Molly Taft | tags: centers, data centers, plants

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Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: genus, plants, species

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This Plant Has Been Hiding a Killer Secret. Darwin Called It 150 Years Ago (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: saxifraga, darwin, plants

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This fusion startup just raised another $1 billion for its first commercial power plant (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: commonwealth fusion systems, fusion power plant, virginia

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How a rural Alabama quilting tradition shaped Ralph Lauren’s latest luxury collection (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: ralph lauren, gees bend, quilting

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SpaceXAI says it will remove all 69 of its unpermitted turbine power generators, but expects process to take a year — trailer-mounted generators to be replaced by 1.2GW power plant (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-02 | by Jowi Morales | tags: spacexai, colossus data centers, nvidia h200

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Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-31 | by Laura Gozzi | tags: danube, hungary, nuclear plant

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So you want to use plants to reduce CO₂ (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: plants, photosynthesis, carbon dioxide

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Rise Reforming (YC S26) Is Hiring (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: rise reforming, syngas-to-methanol, pilot chemical plant

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Fusion power darling Commonwealth Fusion Systems raises another $1B (techcrunch.com)

2026-07-30 | by Tim De Chant | tags: commonwealth fusion systems, sparc reactor, arc power plant

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30 Georgia homes are being acquired via sale or eminent domain to expand power grid — one affected family member says it’s ‘for the data centers’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jowi Morales | tags: georgia power, plant wansley, data centers

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Baseload Is a Myth (2024) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | by Sean Fleming | tags: baseload, california grid, thermal power plants

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In situ structures of plant photosystem supercomplexes (feeds.nature.com)

2026-07-29 | by Li | tags: photosystem supercomplexes, plant psii, lhcii trimers

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This stunning map shows the world’s electric grid in detail (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-28 | tags: electric grid, power plants, solar farms

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Bryan Johnson Says He’s Cloned Himself “As a Newborn” to “Grow Organs for Transplantation,” Which Is a Preposterous Exaggeration (futurism.com)

2026-07-26 | by Frank Landymore | tags: bryan johnson, pluripotent stem cells, organ transplantation

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Hyundai Claims Humanoid Robot Plan Is Not Part of Talks With Striking Workers (slashdot.org)

2026-07-25 | by Posted | tags: hyundai, boston dynamics, atlas robot

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Wind turbine is being used to produce zero-carbon "green ammonia" fertilizer (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-25 | by Anke Eksteen | tags: wind turbine, green ammonia, haber-bosch process

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Eye Implant That Restores Vision to the Blind Cleared for Sale (futurism.com)

2026-07-25 | by Frank Landymore | tags: prima, science corporation, cochlear implant

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Plants vs. Zombies for PlayStation 2 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | tags: plants vs zombies, playstation 2, fork

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The Download: an organ transplant breakthrough, and homegrown Chinese chips (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-24 | by Charlotte Jee | tags: china chips, organ transplant, pig organs

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World's First Wave Power Generator Receives Certification For Regular Use (slashdot.org)

2026-07-24 | tags: corpower ocean, dnv, wave energy converter

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Supercooled kidneys have been transplanted into pigs in a “landmark achievement” (technologyreview.com)

2026-07-23 | by Jessica Hamzelou | tags: kidney transplant, supercooling, organ preservation

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A new brain-computer implant is helping blind seniors see again, and it just got approved in Europe (techspot.com)

2026-07-23 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: brain-computer interface, prima implant, science corp

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Volcanoes Started Earth’s ‘Great Dying.’ This Unexpected Plant Made It Worse (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: volcanoes, earth’s ‘great dying’, plant

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Clarity didn't work, trying mysterianism (2012) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: p-zombie, greg egan, jewelhead

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Clarity didn't work, trying mysterianism (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: greg egan, jewelhead, parasitic worm

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Hyundai claims humanoid robot plan is not part of talks with striking workers (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: hyundai, atlas robot, metaplant america

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Amid nurse shortage, a university rolls out the welcome mat for men (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: nursing, university of alabama, psychiatric unit

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Ford’s $30,000 electric truck: all the news about the company’s big EV re-do (theverge.com)

2026-07-20 | by Andrew J. Hawkins | tags: ford, f-150 lightning, universal electric vehicle platform