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Lighting fires in space is helping us make greener energy on Earth

Lighting fires in space is helping us make greener energy on Earth

16 September 2020

Flames reveal their secret workings when freed from the effects of gravity, so burning things in space may help us get more energy from less fuel back on Earth
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Stripy ponds in the Utah desert help green the bone-dry land

6 September 2017

Multicoloured patchwork ponds in this desert play a key part in tapping sources of potassium chloride, a vital fertiliser

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