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Cooling fabric blocks heat from pavement and buildings in hot cities

A three-layered textile made from fabric, plastic and silver nanowires can keep a person several degrees cooler than silk or other cooling materials

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2C5M1RA Bucharest, Romania - June 30, 2019: 35 degrees celsius (92 fahrenheit) is the temperature displayed by a digital thermometer on a hot summer on a stre

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Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exoskeletons

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The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

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The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good
Life’s hidden laws: The arcane rules of evolution and how they work

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Life’s hidden laws: The arcane rules of evolution and how they work

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A view of mountain habitat, with blooming pink rhododendron flowers in the foreground, with grassy slopes and craggy peaks in the distance below a sky with scattered clouds

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Plants are spreading up mountains faster than thought in North America

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Pastoralists from the local Gabra community walk among carcasses of some of their sheep and goats on the outskirts of a small settlement called 'Kambi ya Nyoka' (snake camp) suspected to have succumbed due to sudden change in climate in Marsabit county January 29, 2022. - A devastating drought in Kenya late-last year, that appeared to give way to flash storms that yielded flooding and chilly weather conditions in early 2022, has seen pastoral communities in the east african nation's arid north lose their livestock, first to drought and then floods and cold. (Photo by Tony KARUMBA / AFP) (Photo by TONY KARUMBA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Climate change causing widespread and irreversible impacts, says IPCC

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UK warned its failure to adapt to warming threatens net zero target

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Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

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Lizards keep evolving toxic green blood and we don't know why

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Spitting archerfish shoot at prey above and beneath the water

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Spitting archerfish shoot at prey above and beneath the water

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Climate change could destroy wild relatives of cereals by 2070

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Climate change could destroy wild relatives of cereals by 2070

With their ability to adapt to climate change outstripped by the rate of global warming, the wild relatives of many grasses may be doomed

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<i>Applied minds</i>: Why engineers are the real heroes

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Applied minds: Why engineers are the real heroes

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Fish flick genetic switch to dodge climate change disaster

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Fish flick genetic switch to dodge climate change disaster

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Archerfish up their game to outgun rivals stealing their catch

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Archerfish up their game to outgun rivals stealing their catch

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Silver coat lets Saharan ants withstand scorching desert heat

Silver coat lets Saharan ants withstand scorching desert heat

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