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This Man Is Trying to Put Mirrors in Space to Generate Solar Power at Night
Ben Nowack and Tons of Mirrors is solving solar energy's nighttime problem.
The Whitest Paint Ever Created Is the Opposite of Vantablack, Basically
The ultra-white paint reflects 98.1 percent of sunlight, cooling building surfaces 'like refrigeration' to fight climate change.
Beaming Solar Power From Space to Earth Is a Sci-Fi Dream That's Getting Closer
The U.S. military deployed a solar-harvesting test module into space in May. Will space-based solar power ever work, and what will it take?
This Synthetic Leaf Turns Sunlight Into Drugs
The nature-inspired 'mini-factory' could produce drugs on the spot in the jungle, or on Mars, scientists say.
How Screwed Am I From Bad Sunburns I Got as a Kid?
About one in five Americans will develop skin cancer during their lifetime.
What Happens if I Spend All My Time in Artificial Light?
Nearly half of adults are so short on rays that they're deficient in vitamin D.
I'm Literally Allergic to Sunlight
"Like some people are allergic to peanuts, I'm allergic to sunlight."
Scientists Are Trying to Make Sunscreen Way Less Annoying
They'd like it to be as easy as swallowing a pill.
May Is Your Brain's Favorite Month
Even babies born in the spring are more likely to have an "excessively positive outlook on life."
A Photographer Captures Plants’ Invisible UV Glow
Since 2014, photographer Craig Burrows has been practicing ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence (UVIVF) photography.
How Scandinavians Deal With Long, Dark Winters
And what they can teach us about the relationship between our moods and natural light.
I Ate a ‘Sunshine Menu’ Created Specially for Vitamin D-Starved Brits
According to chef Paul Greening, Britain should look East to get the nutrition we’re missing from lack of UV rays. His vitamin D-rich meal of mackerel, salmon, tuna, and cod liver is like “an hour’s worth of sunshine.”