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Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

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Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

The Ivanpah Solar Energy Facility is one of the largest solar thermal energy plants in the world. It is spread out over 14 square kilometres and can power 140,000 homes every year

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Rick and Morty

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Don't Miss: Rick & Morty are returning to Netflix

Culture

Don't Miss: Biohackers on Netflix and a book on social isolation

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Don't Miss: Biohackers on Netflix and a book on social isolation

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We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

Space

We know the best spots to look for alien life – can we get to them?

Culture

A chimpanzee eats a mango in a tree. National Geographic's JANE GOODALL: THE HOPE picks up where JANE (2017) left off, following Jane Goodall through three generations of advocacy work as she meets with everyone from schoolchildren in Zanzibar to Prince Harry and spreads a message of hope in a time of immense environmental change. (National Geographic/Bill Wallauer)

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Jane Goodall: We must protect chimps from being exposed to covid-19

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Don't Miss: absurd animals, the chemical age and DIY dancing

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Don't Miss: absurd animals, the chemical age and DIY dancing

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The City We Became review: N. K. Jemisin pits New York against aliens

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The City We Became review: N. K. Jemisin pits New York against aliens

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It's time to give the pedometer a break and embrace lifting weights

Health

It's time to give the pedometer a break and embrace lifting weights

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The way we think about the brain may be completely wrong

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The way we think about the brain may be completely wrong

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Health

Breastfed babies have fewer viruses in their guts that affect humans

Early in life, babies gain billions of viruses that target gut bacteria – but breastfed babies are less likely to pick up viruses that infect human cells

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Why strength training may be the best thing you can do for your health

Features

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Monkeys made their way from Africa to South America at least twice

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Why do so many people become obsessed with UFOs and aliens?

Culture

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Tom Gauld's fantastic new collection of funny science cartoons

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