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This tiny Australian spider uses a high‑powered web catapult to trap and eat aggressive ants
Ajay Narendra, Macquarie University There’s more than one way a spider can spin its web. Some construct large…
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including from used oil and gas wells
The world’s largest geothermal power station is under construction in Utah. Business Wire via AP Moones Alamooti, University…
Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun
Mexico’s Villanueva solar farm is one of the largest in the Americas. Alfredo Estrella/Getty Peter Newman, Curtin University…
The Battery: An Invention That Almost Never Happened
Discover the unlikely, decades-long story of the three Nobel-winning scientists who overcame explosive failures and corporate indifference to invent the revolutionary lithium-ion battery.
How EVs and electric water heaters are turning cities into giant batteries
Leonid Andronov/Shutterstock Bin Lu, Australian National University and Marnie Shaw, Australian National University As the electrification of transport…
Fruit peels could help power your smartphone’s camera flash – here’s how
Vianney Ngoyi Kitenge, iThemba LABS Imagine turning fruit waste into technology that stores electricity. This would reduce food…