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- Nine quantum components act together in a strange metal sample, showing how a solid you could hold reveals the hidden teamwork of the quantum world
- Bridgestone has put its airless AirFree tire to work for the first time, powering slow 12-mph autonomous shuttles for elderly residents in Higashiomi, Japan
- In 1946, Argentina released just 20 beavers in Tierra del Fuego to start a fur trade, and the failed experiment now costs the country $66.6 million a year
- In 1998, about 1,000 truckloads of orange peels were dumped on a barren pasture used for grazing livestock in Costa Rica, and what scientists discovered 15 years later was so unexpected that they had trouble recognizing the place
- A viral story claims 500 tortoises turned Sahara sand green in five years, but no scientist, agency, or satellite image can verify that the experiment ever happened
- A Hawaii animal sanctuary is offering free housing to travelers, but in return they must spend 30 hours a week feeding, cleaning and caring for rescued farm animals
- In the early 1970s, Florida dumped between 1 million and 2 million tires into the Atlantic to build an artificial reef, and the plan turned into an ecological disaster
- In 2022, a California startup released sulfur dioxide balloons over Mexico to test ‘cooling credits,’ and the backlash pushed Mexico to move to block solar geoengineering experiments
- A study of nearly 10,000 battery tests found used EV batteries hold up far better than feared, with the Kia e-Niro still at 97% capacity after 62,000 miles
