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Teresa Carey is an award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and producer whose sea-going adventures — from solo ocean voyages to scientific expeditions — spark wonder and champion conservation through the power of story.

Climate Crisis

Green sand beaches could erase carbon emissions

By spreading green sand all over a Caribbean beach, Project Vesta hopes to pull tons of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and lock it away for eons.

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McDonald’s is replacing human drive-thru attendants with AI

McDonald's just rolled out a voice recognition system at 10 drive-thrus in Chicago.

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Climate Crisis

How subterranean microbes are devouring carbon emissions

Researchers at Pellissippi State Community College found naturally occurring microbes deep in the Earth’s crust are helping soak up CO2.

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Sustainability

Lithium mining just became a water sport

A team of scientists claims they’ve created an affordable method for extracting lithium from seawater, as an alternative to lithium mining.

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Climate Crisis

This machine will make seashells out of CO2

Scientists are building a machine that will suck carbon dioxide out of the ocean and turn it into seashells.

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Biology

Want strong teeth? Eat this candy.

Researchers claim to have invented an experimental breath mint that may renew tooth enamel and strengthen teeth, and it’s already headed into human trials.

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Clean Energy

China’s “artificial sun” sets a new record for nuclear fusion

China’s nuclear fusion reactor, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), has set a new world record for temperature.

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Agriculture

Antidote saved 100% of bees from lethal pesticide

Beehives are under threat from common insecticides. But researchers created pollen-like microparticles to deliver an antidote.

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Climate Crisis

Startup plans to remove 1 billion tons of CO2 from the air

A new carbon sequestration startup plans to remove one billion tons of excess carbon from the atmosphere by 2035 using enhanced mineral weathering.

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Food

Yuan Longping: His rice helped feed the world

Scientist Yuan Longping's hybrid rice helped feed the world. His wild rice discoveries and hybrid rice inventions in the 1960s and 1970s helped alleviate food scarcity across Asia and Africa.

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