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Robots speed coral reef restoration

Robots are trained to help revive coral reefs

Researchers are experimenting with robots to help speed up the restoration of coral reefs.
agriculture climate solutions & impacts

Farming feeds billions but climate impacts need fixing

Many of us hold onto romantic images of farming. Most of that is utter nonsense. Fixing agriculture is necessary to address climate change and we have solutions.
AI great at recycling

AI is weirdly great at recycling

It’s really hard to sort all the junk that gets thrown in recycling bins. Do tech startups have the answer?
tunisia schools energy solar

The school funding robotics classes by selling its own solar energy

In Tunisia, where education is underfunded, one school is flush with cash after covering itself in solar panels and selling the energy back to the grid.
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Icefin robot explores doomsday glacier

A robot finds more trouble under the doomsday glacier

Underneath thousands of feet of Thwaites Glacier’s solid ice, a bot filmed peculiar features, where melting is much faster. It’s an ominous sign for rising sea levels.
This massive robot is designed to harvest EV metals from the ocean. But can it be done sustainably?

This massive robot is designed to harvest EV metals from the ocean. But can it be done sustainably?

Impossible Metals has a more sustainable way to harvest nickel and cobalt, but experts worry it could still disrupt vital ecosystems.
Velcro, bullet trains and robotic arms: how nature is the mother of invention

Velcro, bullet trains and robotic arms: how nature is the mother of invention

Many of the world’s most inspiring solutions have been created by scientists who stole their ideas from the natural world.

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