Deep-sea mining may soon ease the world’s battery-metal shortage
Taking nickel from rainforests destroys 30 times more life than getting it from the depths
Pushed by the threat of climate change, rich countries are embarking on a grand electrification project. Britain, France and Norway, among others, plan to ban the sale of new internal-combustion cars. Even where bans are not on the statute books, electric-car sales are growing rapidly. Power grids are changing too, as wind turbines and solar panels displace fossil-fuelled power plants. The International Energy Agency (IEA) reckons the world will add as much renewable power in the coming five years as it did in the past 20.
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This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Raiding Davy Jones’s locker”
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Researchers lift the lid on how reasoning models actually “think”
They plan sentences far in advance. They also bullshit themselves when reasoning out loud
How Daylight Saving Time affects your sleep and diet
This annual time shift has long-lasting effects on health
Motors in the wheels take EVs further
Simpler to build, lighter and extra range
What does space miso taste like?
It should make the diets of astronauts more interesting
Mitochondria transplants could cure diseases and lengthen lives
A technique that may create a new field of medicine
Is red meat unhealthy?
Overdoing it could give you heart disease or cancer