How Coca-Cola, Unilever, and Others Delay Action on Plastic

When a huge plastic producer like Coca-Cola says it’s working to solve the plastic crisis, what does that really look like? An investigation published Friday by Bloomberg documents how one initiative in Ghana was used by some of the world’s biggest plastic producers to battle against threats of plastic bans, while failing to deliver on some of its key promises.

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Resurrecting the Tasmanian Tiger Is a Dumb Project

Naturally, Peter Thiel is an investor in the company that came up with the idea.

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Meta AI can tell which words you hear by reading your brainwaves

The company behind Facebook has created an AI that could one day be used to help nonverbal people better communicate

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Frank Drake, astronomer famed for contributions to SETI, has died

The equation named after him helps organize our thoughts on extraterrestrial life. On Friday, the family of astronomer Frank Drake announced that he passed away peacefully at 92 in his California home, near the site of his final academic position at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Drake made a number of contributions to radio astronomy, including serving as director of the Arecibo radio telescope facility.

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The Oldest Film of a Solar Eclipse Has Been Restored and Released Online

In 1900, magician, astronomer and filmmaker Nevil Maskelyne used a special adapter to film the astronomical event in North Carolina

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Inside the Brain of a Psychopath

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Lawmakers vote to keep Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant until 2030

California state lawmakers voted early Wednesday morning to keep the Diablo Canyon Nuclear power plant running. After an overwhelming majority vote, The plant will keep running till 2030 instead of 2025.

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