“In molecular biologist David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard Medical School, old mice are growing young again,” reports CNN: Using proteins that can turn an adult cell into a stem cell, Sinclair and his team have reset aging cells in mice to earlier versions of themselves. In his team’s first breakthrough, Read more…
China aims to double its wind and solar capacity by 2025, according to a new road map that also allows for more coal-fired power plants to bolster energy security. The world’s biggest polluter earlier estimated it needs to double wind and solar use by 2030 to deliver on its pledges Read more…
There is enough energy in the nuclear waste in the United States to power the entire country for 100 years with clean energy, says Jess C. Gehin at the Idaho National Laboratory. There are 93 commercial nuclear reactors at 55 operating sites in the United States, according to Scott Burnell, Read more…
It’s a trait best seen in the eager pub quizzer — a tendency to leap to an answer without a shadow of a doubt. Now researchers have suggested that while people who have little difficulty making decisions are more confident in their choices, they are no more accurate than those Read more…
New York lawmakers have passed a bill that would temporarily ban new bitcoin mining operations. Early on Friday, state senators voted 36-27 to pass the legislation. It’s now bound for the desk of Governor Kathy Hochul, who will sign it into law or veto the bill. The law would come Read more…
California regulators on Thursday gave a robotic taxi service the green light to begin charging passengers for driverless rides in San Francisco, a first in a state where dozens of companies have been trying to train vehicles to steer themselves on increasingly congested roads. The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously Read more…
Amateur astronomers are preparing for a heavenly treat from Friday as the five planets visible to the naked eye line up in order of their distance from the sun across the pre-dawn sky. For those who can face the early start, and have an unobstructed view of the horizon to Read more…