Republican-controlled states like Oklahoma are rushing to invest in clean energy, even as conservative groups push for more oil and gas

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Republican-controlled states across the country are seeing record investment in renewable energy industries.

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China's military claims to have found a way to build a laser weapon that can fire indefinitely

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An operational demonstration of the Office of Naval Research-sponsored Laser Weapon System while deployed to the Arabian Gulf.

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A once-in-century solar storm could fry power grids and knock out satellites. Here's why scientists worry it could happen soon.

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A long solar prominence erupting off the surface, taken by the Solar Dynamic Observatory on August 31, 2012.

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Crocodiles were played the sound of human babies crying. The higher the infant's distress level, the more the carnivores would respond.

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A Nile crocodile.

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Here's what fireballs are and how to best spot them at the Perseid meteor shower's peak

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Perseid fireball photographed during the peak of the 2017 Perseid meteor shower in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico

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Virgin Galactic's first space tourism flight took off this week. Here are the players taking civilians to space.

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Virgin Galactic's second commercial flight took off this week. Space tourists can pay $450,000 for a seat on one of the company's flights.

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You probably think people are getting ruder and less nice than they were in the past. You're also probably wrong.

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Travelers line up to check in for United Airlines flights at San Francisco International Airport on July 01, 2022 in San Francisco, California.

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Egyptian scientists discovered a diminutive 41-million year old whale and named it after King Tut

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A bottlenose dolphin pictured in the Moray Firth, Scotland.
A bottlenose dolphin pictured in the Moray Firth, Scotland.

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Scientists found a new sea creature with 20 'arms' and named it after a strawberry

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A preserved Antarctic strawberry feather star, or Promachocrinus fragarius.

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For over 20 years, archaeologists in Germany thought a 35,000-year-old figurine they found was a horse. Now, they aren't sure whether or not it's a cave lion or cave bear.

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The Hohle Fels animal figure from left front

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