What it’s like to be cut off from your Internet brain implant
In John Dickinson’s WE, everybody’s connected to the World Ear, a tiny communications device that connects your brain to the internet — except Paul Munro, cut off from humanity at the fringes of the solar system. It’s a thrilling premise. Here’s a quick synopsis: Paul Munro must leave Earth. He is sent to a station…
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“Exploding” Lake Could Kill Millions or Power the Country for 100 Years
The lake’s lethal combination of methane and carbon dioxide has residents fearing for their lives, but it’s also the country’s most vital and promising energy source. Rwanda‘s Lake Kivu is one of the world’s three “exploding lakes” and is at serious risk of “overturn,” a process whereby huge amounts of carbon dioxide are released from…
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