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Redesigned Solar Panels Could One Day Charge Your Gadgets From a Lamp
Despite being excellent tools for harvesting the free energy the sun is blasting towards our planet all day long, the solar panels you see dotting roofs and blanketing fields don’t really work with artificial light. But as researchers sought out new materials to improve the efficiency of solar photovoltaics, they also discovered these materials could…
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The Other Cambridge Personality Test Has Its Own Database With Millions Of Facebook Profiles
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock on Mars, you’ve likely heard about a little scandal involving Cambridge Analytica and Facebook. Cambridge Analytica got its hands on millions of people’s Facebook likes in 2014 by getting an academic, Aleksander Kogan, to design an app with a personality test that hoovered up data from the 250,000…
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Owl Wings Are Helping Silence Aeroplanes, Fans, And Wind Turbines
Owls are often considered nature’s stealth fighters, and it turns out their ability to silently is a result of a unique wing structure not found in any other bird. Now that researchers know the owl’s secret, they can make lots of stuff silent — everything from bedroom ceiling fans to massive wind turbines.