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2RTXJED A common garden spider (Araneus diadematus) spins an circular orb web in the back garden of a south London home, on 15th September 2023, in London, England.

Technology

Could spider silk be the answer to sustainable fashion?

Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions and developments yet to come. In its latest instalment, Rowan Hooper reveals how by 2029, we had learned how to make synthetic spider silk, leading to a revolution in clothing

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Ritual Sticks - Uncle Russell Mullett on the balcony of Cloggs Cave

Humans

Ancient humans understood the future and the past pretty much as we do

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MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2024/09/20: Participant seen holding a sign at the protest. Youth climate activists and allies rallied and marched through New York City calling on world leaders to tear down the pillars of fossil fuels, shortly before the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly and the concurrent Climate Week NYC. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Environment

There's a new way to make everyday products without using fossil fuels

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On 22 August 2024, summit staff reinstalled Rubin Observatory's commissioning camera (ComCam) on the telescope. ComCam has previously been on the telescope, but was removed before the installation of the secondary mirror in late July. ComCam ??? a smaller (144 megapixel), simpler version of the full 3200-megapixel LSST Camera ??? is being used for testing activities prior to installing the LSST Camera, anticipated to happen late 2024. In the coming weeks the summit team will install the primary/tertiary mirror, enabling ComCam to produce the first astronomical data from the Simonyi Survey Telescope.

Space

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory gets started next year. I can't wait

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Could hibernation technology allow humans to skip winters?

Humans

Could hibernation technology allow humans to skip winters?

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2KEFP4Y London, England, UK. 12th Nov, 2022. A protester outside Shell HQ holds a sign referencing the film 'Don't Look Up'. Thousands of people gathered outside Shell Headquarters in London and marched to Trafalgar Square as part of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice as world leaders meet in Egypt for COP27. (Credit Image: ?? Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire) Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc./Alamy Live News

Environment

After another dire year for the environment, here's to better times

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Lidar and crest lines, Tugunbulak Credit: SAIElab, J. Berner, M. Frachetti https://press.springernature.com/large-scale-medieval-urbanism-traced-by-uav-lidar-in-highland-ce/50086460

Technology

High-tech archaeology shows we aren't the first to endure hard times

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Science can be our trusty shield in a time of deepening crises

Physics

Science can be our trusty shield in a time of deepening crises

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T85947 Space elevator, illustration

Space

How a space elevator could make trips to the moon affordable for all

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Name Wilbur, John

Technology

The forgotten civil engineer with a vision we could all learn from

John "Bud" Benson Wilbur isn't often remembered today, but his ideas about what the distant-future world of 1977 would look like are inspirational, says Annalee Newitz

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Environment

Putting food waste in the bin felt wrong until I learned where it went

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Physics

You can't put a price on the sense of awe particle physics inspires

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Environment

Could seaweed be the ultimate carbon capture solution?

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Technology

How a ride in a friendly Waymo saw me fall for robotaxis

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