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Lake Tahoe cleanup leaders say a solar-powered sand-sifting robot is revealing and removing hidden litter beneath beaches.

New analysis has turned NASA’s TESS mission from a targeted planet spotter into a broad census machine, with AI uncovering undiscovered worlds hiding in plain sight within the mission's data.

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On arrival in Berlin it doesn’t take long to spot a solar panel. They adorn the roofs and balconies of many of the homes that ...

EV driving just got even simpler for residents of Treasure Island in San Francisco, thanks to a fridge-sized self-driving ...

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Like robot vacuums, robotic pool cleaners are getting smarter and higher tech, inching ever closer toward the ideal of truly autonomous cleaning. In a booming, competitive market that is expected to ...

This week in stories we’re covering at The Debrief… NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has detected an unusual signal emanating from the early universe, and it could reveal a major discovery. Elsewhere ...