naturalsciences
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Biden’s Graphite Headscratcher
The Biden administration’s plans to boost manufacturing of electric vehicles may face a big bump in the road — and that bump is made of graphite. Both E&E News and Marketplace reported this week on how the coming electric vehicle revolution will supercharge the demand for the mineral.
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Webb Telescope Drops Creepy Image of the Pillars of Creation
A week and a half ago, NASA released a stunning image of the iconic Pillars of Creation taken by the Webb Space Telescope, a $US10 ($14) billion state-of-the-art space observatory that launched last December.
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Vermont Town’s Top Water Guy Resigns After Spouting Fluoride Conspiracy Theories
A small-town water manager had some pretty out-there ideas about fluoride in the water, so much so that he lowered levels of the chemical in the town’s water supply for years without telling anybody for over a decade of nearly 30 years of his position.
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Cosmic Scare: NASA Celebrates Halloween With 9 Vintage Horror Film Posters
The universe is a spooky place, filled with zombie stars, invisible matter, and monster galaxies lurking in the silent darkness of the cosmos.