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Europa Clipper - A Message from Humankind

Send Your Name to Europa NASA’s Message in a Bottle campaign invites people around the world to sign their names to a poem written by the U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. The poem connects the two water worlds — Earth, yearning to reach out and understand what makes a world habitable, and Europa, waiting with secrets yet to be explored. The campaign is a special collaboration, uniting art and…

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Bladeless turbines - bring wind power to your home

The massive windfarms that line hills and coastlines are not the only way to harness wind power, according to green energy pioneers who plan to reinvent wind power by eliminating the need for turbine towers, blades, and even wind. “We are not against traditional windfarms,” says Vortex Bladeless inventor David Yáez. His six-person startup, based just outside Madrid, has pioneered a turbine design…

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GravityLight - Gravity powered lamp

GravityLight was a gravity-powered lamp manufactured until 2019. It was designed by the company Deciwatt for use in developing or third-world nations, as a replacement for kerosene lamps. It uses a bag filled with rocks or earth, attached to a cord, which slowly descends similar to the weight drive in a cuckoo clock. This action was claimed to power the light for up to twenty minutes. The design…

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How to Build DIY Saltwater battery

Saltwater batteries, like any other battery technology, store electricity for later use. The primary distinction between saltwater batteries and other types of energy storage (such as lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries) is their chemistry. A liquid solution of salt water is used in saltwater batteries to capture, store, and eventually discharge energy. A saltwater battery, unlike a traditional…

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Fog harvester produces water from thin air

The people of the At Baâmrane region do not have consistent access to water, so they are constantly fighting drought and contaminated wells – but fog is abundant in their area six months of the year. Dar Si Hamad installed massive polymer nets between steel poles in the Anti-Atlas mountain range using CloudFisher technology. Mountain fog is denser than coastal fog and therefore contains more…

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Andre Onana: Goalkeeper takes responsibility as Manchester United lose at Bayern Munich

In a dramatic match in Germany, Bayern was given a crucial lead by Onana’s error, which they quickly doubled after United had made a disciplined start. Following that, there was a flurry of goals, but United was always chasing and ultimately lost 4-3. According to Onana, “This is the life of a goalkeeper,” on TNT Sports. “It’s challenging. We had a great start. I made a mistake, and we lost the…

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No passport required as departures from Singapore airport set for 'seamless' travel from 2024

The changes will allow people to depart the airport without needing to “repeatedly present their travel documents”. Biometric data, taken from fingerprint scans and facial recognition technology, will replace travel documents and other physical items, such as passports. Automated immigration lanes at Changi already use the technology, but the new measures will allow people to enjoy a more…

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Solar storm slams into Earth and sparks stunning northern lights display

A powerful solar storm slammed into Earth on Sept. 18 and 19, triggering stunning aurora shows around the world. Aurora enthusiasts can thank a massive solar tendril, called a solar filament, for the stunning light show. On Saturday (Sept. 16), it emerged from the sun and ejected a super-hot plasma eruption, known as a coronal mass ejection (CME), toward Earth. The CME caused a disturbance in…

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