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Cobalt Blood: The Hidden Cost Of Our Digital Lives

Part I: Beneath The Surface – Congo's Cobalt Curse Every device in your hand - your phone, your laptop, your electric car - is powered by a silent tragedy. Its heart, the lithium-ion battery, depends on a metal that flows from the depths of the earth in one of the most tormented places on the…

How Plants Turn Air into Energy: The Science of Glucose, Fiber, and Your Health

Biology, Health

Plants have superpowers – they can transform air into matter. By combining carbon dioxide with water and utilizing solar energy, plants can create substances they use to build themselves. This substance is called glucose, and the process of creating it is called photosynthesis. Glucose [1] is an ideal building block – it can be used…

Plate Tectonics: The Dynamic Engine Beneath Our Feet

Popular, Science

The Earth's surface isn't one solid, unbroken shell. Instead, it's fractured into eight major and dozens of minor tectonic plates that glide, crash, and dive beneath each other. This dynamic system, known as plate tectonics, shapes the very face of our planet — creating mountains, triggering earthquakes, and even playing a role in Earth's habitability.…

What do we know about plants?

Biology, Genetics, Plants, Popular

Seems that we don’t know that much. The world of plants never ceases to amaze humanity. At first glance, a plant is a primitive organism, but that's merely an illusion. Plants exist in a somewhat different time-space that is difficult for us to grasp. However, upon closer examination, it turns out that everything is much…