A metal detectorist found a silver coin from Magnus Barefoot’s reign, the first of its type in Norway, but it had been deliberately remade as jewelry, suggesting medieval economies shifted after coins lost value

A metal detectorist found a silver coin from Magnus Barefoot’s reign, the first of its type in Norway, but it had been deliberately remade as jewelry, suggesting medieval economies shifted after coins lost value

A Viking coin found in Norway becomes the first of its type. Later remade as jewelry, showing medieval wealth and economic systems.

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London police have seized more than 2,500 illegal e-bikes in seven months, already beating all of last year, and the roadside machine they now use explains why so many failed

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Minnesota’s Boswell Solar project brings 177,675 panels and 85 megawatts to a coal-fired site, inheriting an old grid connection in a rare test of how infrastructure shapes renewable cost.

Minnesota's Boswell Solar adds 85 MW next to coal plants. Grid connections inherited from decades shape the cost of renewable energy.

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A German startup sells a quantum computer that runs at room temperature in an ordinary server rack, but the qubit count on the label is not the one that matters

A German startup sells a quantum computer that runs at room temperature in an ordinary server rack, but the qubit count ...

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