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A Norwegian company developing a carbon capture technology known as Continuous Swing Adsorption Reactor (CSAR) tested its ...

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An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building, named Apophis, could potentially hit Earth in 2029, but scientists ...

Mariah the Scientist/ Instagram Mariah grew up in Atlanta with her mom, who worked in a church, and her dad, a police officer, per LADYGUNN magazine. In January 2020, she told Pitchfork that her ...