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Coal fired power station silhouette at sunset, Pocerady, Czech republic

Environment

Coal power in Europe has had its biggest ever decline

Electricity generation from coal power stations across Europe fell by nearly a fifth in the first half of 2019, driven by high carbon prices and low gas prices

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Solar panels on a roof

Environment

The UK is now using AI to predict solar power and lower energy bills

News

Image of a supernova

Space

Strange stars that go supernova may be dimming because of dark matter

News

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

Comment

Adding more bioethanol to petrol is no way to go green

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Wind turbines in the north sea

Technology

The plan to build mega wind farms and artificial islands in North Sea

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Dark energy

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Dark energy

trinity nuclear test explosion

Definition

The invention of the nuclear bomb

self-unfolding device

Technology

A solar panel that unfolds in sunlight could power spacecraft

News

solar panel and wildflowers

Environment

Solar farms could be wildlife havens that tackle biodiversity crisis

News

Cosmic microwave background

Definition

Cosmic microwave background

Cosmic microwave background is a sea of radiation that provides us with evidence for the big bang. The big bang is now orthodoxy, although without a theory than unifies general relativity with quantum theory, we’re stuck in explaining exactly what it was or why it happened.

Environment

UK could use hydrogen instead of natural gas – if it can make enough

News

Godzilla: King of the Monsters reveals our obsession with radiation

Culture

Physics

Dark matter can't be seen, so this gallery is making it sing

Culture

Definition

Second law of thermodynamics