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AI can help find more places to store captured CO2 underground

Scientists dream of storing captured CO2 emissions underground, but it can be tricky to find pockets for storing those emissions -- Earth's seismic "hum" makes it difficult to spot the low-frequency waves that would best help map the subterranean landscape. That might not be a challenge in the future thanks to AI. MIT scientists have developed a machine learning system that uses...

Northeast to ride weather roller coaster for first week of meteorological spring

Spring will feel like it is in full bloom for the first few days of March, but how long with the mild conditions last in the Northeast?With the start of March, comes the hope for a transition into milder conditions, as well as the start of meteorological spring.The first few days of March are forecast to bring a glimpse of warmer weather.The majority of the cold from the final week of February...

From Big Bang to Big Chill, physicist Brian Greene contemplates the beginning (and end) of everything

You might think it's depressing to contemplate the view that the universe is likely to end in everlasting darkness — but that's not how physicist Brian Greene rolls. "I am quite upbeat about the end of everything," he insists. Greene lays out what scientists have learned about the grand sweep of cosmic evolution, and its implications for phenomena ranging from the origin of...