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Hong Soule and her husband Charles bought their two-story house in Cinco Ranch Equestrian Village for its views of George Bush Park.
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Puerto Rico needs help. Here’s what we can do.
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IMAGINE A catastrophe that left the residents of Montana, Maine and Rhode Island without power, water and food. Immediate help would be...
Dyson really wants to clean everything, so it's developing an electric vehicle.
Dyson vacuums already almost look like futuristic cars.
Image: Bruno Vincent/Getty Images
By Sasha Lekach2017-09-26 15:23:28 -0400
Dyson, the company known for high-tech vacuum cleaners and those...
Evaporation could power most of the US – study.
Columbia University scientists are testing evaporation-to-power devices. ExtremeBio/YouTube
Imagine evaporation from lakes and reservoirs providing the majority of U.S. electricity at little cost and without...
NYC's tall order for greener buildings.
Heating buildings accounts for some 40 percent of New York City's carbon emissions. Mike Segar/Reuters
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From 'hippie thing' to hundreds of mirrors and 1,000 degrees.
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