Inside Zap Energy, the Bill Gates-backed company that wants to bring fusion power to the electrical grid

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The Z-pinch machine, FuZE, at Zap Energy could someday produce fusion reactions.

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Your houseplants were 'forged in the war of nature' to be pretty and poisonous, says an evolutionary biologist

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A dumb cane or Dieffenbachia plant with large dark and light green leaves
Dieffenbachia are pretty, popular houseplants that are also poisonous.

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Finnish people may be some of the happiest in the world but they also have several unusual traditions. Here are 5 surprising facts about the world's happiest country.

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Colorado has released 10 gray wolves into the wilderness. The predator was eradicated from the state in the 1940s.

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Colorado has released 10 gray wolves into the wilderness as part of an effort to reintroduce the apex predator to the state.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Alabama mother with double uterus gives birth to rare twins over 2 days in 'one in a million' pregnancy

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The climate crisis forces Mongolian herders to endure worsening summer droughts and severe winter storms

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A man holds his cap as a sudden dust storm swirls around outside.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope breaks another record, discovering the smallest star-like object astronomers have ever seen

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Star cluster IC 348 is shown here with bright stars and pink and yellow gas.
Central portion of the star cluster IC 348 as seen by JWST.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Luhman (Penn State University), and C. Alves de Oliveira (ESA)

Keep your Christmas tree fresh through New Years with tips from plant scientists

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A person in a white winter hat selects a Christmas tree to be cut down at Wicklow Way Christmas tree farm in Roundwood, Ireland
Choosing a fresh tree is a good way to ensure it stays looking great through the holidays.

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The Biden administration unveiled its hydrogen tax credit proposal, estimated to deliver $140 billion in revenue and 700,000 jobs by 2030

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Hydrogen cars fueling up at TrueZero in Fountain Valley, California.

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The death of an endangered fin whale was a marine murder mystery. Now, we have a suspect: orcas.

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Bite wounds on a fin whale's fin is evidence of a killer whale attack, NOAA says.
Bite wounds on a fin whale's fin is evidence of a killer whale attack, NOAA says.

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