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Scientists Create Algae-Powered AA Battery That Powers a Microprocessor

05.16.22

By Audrey Carleton
Tech

Eerie ‘Blood Snow’ Is Likely Synced Up With Climate Change, Scientists Say

02.02.22

By Becky Ferreira
News

There’s a Toxic, California-Sized Algae Bed Creeping Into the Arctic

10.07.21

By John Last
Tech

Scientists Extracted DNA From ‘Blood Snow’ in the Alps. Here’s What They Found.

06.07.21

By Becky Ferreira
News

Seaweed Clothes Can Save the Planet

04.29.21

By Jed Oelbaum
Tech

Some Forests Are Covered With Lichens That Love to Fuck, Scientists Discover

01.29.21

By Becky Ferreira
Tech

Hawaii’s Kīlauea Volcano Eruption Caused an Explosion of Ocean Life

09.05.19

By Becky Ferreira
Fluorescent Blue Glow Seen on a Chennai Beach May Be a Sign of an Unhealthy Ocean

08.20.19

By Shamani Joshi
News

Trump Downplayed His Love of Coal. It’s Because He Needs Florida.

07.10.19

By Alex Lubben
Tech

The Largest Algae Bloom in World History Is Now Off the Florida Coast

07.04.19

By Madeleine Gregory
Tech

Toxic Red Tide Spreads From Florida’s Gulf Coast Into Atlantic Waters

10.05.18

By Becky Ferreira
News

Toxic algae is killing thousands of fish in Florida and making people sick

08.08.18

By Emma Ockerman

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