China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) has begun commercial trial operations at what it claims is the world’s largest hybrid solar power plant in Xinjiang, northwest China. Announced on July 1, this ...
The Wilson’s phalarope, a small migratory shorebird that depends on the Great Salt Lake as a refueling stop during its annual ...
She has more than 13 years of experience reporting on wearables, health tech, and more. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. About three years ago, a doctor told me I ...
When you buy a packet of shortbread cookies, they often seem like sweet yet uninspired biscuits. Shortbread recipes might not look any more enticing, because classic shortbread uses just three ...
A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...
In a twist on conventional wisdom, researchers have discovered that in ocean-like fluids with changing density, tiny porous particles can sink faster than larger ones, thanks to how they absorb salt.
Gravity doesn’t care if you trip. Density columns have many layers of liquids that sit on top of each other, but if you accidentally mix them up, most will settle into just two layers. You can shake ...
CATL has successfully doubled the life of LMB battery cell prototypes with an energy density of 500 Wh/kg. The breakthrough came through the use of a new type of lithium salt for the battery ...
The resurgence of the American labor movement is being led in no small part by a cohort of young, diverse, fired-up workers around the country. Union density remains embarrassingly low overall, but ...