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Finnish engineers packed 2,000 tonnes of crushed stone left over from making fireplaces into a giant sand battery electricity heats the material, which stores enough energy to cover roughly a week of winter demand on a local heating network
Daniel Moran
Forty truckloads of fireplace offcuts now heat a Finnish village through the dark half of the year. Pornainen sits about an hour north-east of Helsinki and holds roughly 5,000 people. In a clearing ...[Continue Reading]
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AirPods Pro 3 Vs. AirPods 5: What's New & Different?
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With the differences between AirPods Pro 3 and AirPods 5 clear, it's important to remember there are also some difference between the AirPods 5 models. After all, AirPods 5 come in two models: a $129 ...[Continue Reading]
BGR
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Green leader Zack Polanski will take on Labour for Keir Starmer's former Commons seat after winning party nomination
David Wilcock, Sophie Church
Zack Polanski has been chosen to challenge Labour for Sir Keir Starmer's former Commons seat. The populist Green leader was unveiled as the party's candidate for the October 8 Holborn and St Pancra ...[Continue Reading]
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Are AI chatbots making us less human?
Brianne Kane, Jeffery DelViscio, Fonda Mwangi, Alli Rodgers, Rachel Feltman, Alex Sugiura
Rachel Feltman: For Scientific Americans Science Quickly, Im Rachel Feltman. One of my first memories involves accidentally killing a robot. I was five years old when Tamagotchis first launched gl ...[Continue Reading]
Scientific American
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Transcript: How to Stop Trumpism From Rising in Germany and Europe
Right Now With Perry Bacon
And on top of that, and that is very unfortunate, were having right now a significant sort of anti-system resentment building up across the political spectrum. This is not just a right-wing thing, ob ...[Continue Reading]
The New Republic
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Best CD rates today, Friday, September 11, 2026: Up to 4.35% APY return available with 18-month CD
Tim Manni
If you're looking for a secure place to store your savings, a certificate of deposit (CD) may be a great choice. These accounts often provide higher interest rates than traditional checking and savin ...[Continue Reading]
Yahoo Entertainment
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