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17 Dec 2025

Angola’s New Hydropower and Chinese Finance

Laúca dam started operating and became a central part of Angola’s power plans. The projects were built and financed largely with Chinese loans, raising hopes for green energy but also concerns about debt and transparency.

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17 Dec 2025

Why Christmas carols stay popular

Christmas music is heard everywhere each holiday season. A music professor, Ariana Wyatt, says the songs have a long history and a steady style, which helps them stay part of public life and business.

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17 Dec 2025

World’s Smallest Programmable Robots

Researchers created microscopic, fully programmable robots that swim in water, run for months and cost about a penny each. They are light-powered, carry unique IDs and some measure temperature and report it by wiggling.

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16 Dec 2025

Nanofiber air filter captures CO2 and cuts building energy use

A new carbon nanofiber air filter can capture CO2 from indoor air and fit existing HVAC systems. Tests and a life-cycle analysis show large potential for carbon removal and lower energy bills.

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16 Dec 2025

Logging and illegal timber threaten Cameroon's forests

Cameroon's forests face growing pressure from both legal and illegal logging, plus expanding agriculture and timber trafficking. Exports have shifted from Europe to Asia, enforcement is weak, and the situation harms biodiversity, communities and state revenues.

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16 Dec 2025

Farming, breast milk and fewer food allergies

Researchers compared infants from Old Order Mennonite farm families and urban families in New York. Farm-exposed babies showed earlier immune maturation and higher antibodies, and breast milk antibody patterns were linked to lower egg allergy risk.

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16 Dec 2025

Crop losses hit women farmers in western Kenya

In parts of western Kenya rains failed and crops stopped growing at the flowering stage, leaving fields brown and many farmers facing poor harvests. Women are especially affected because they often lack land, credit and legal rights.

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16 Dec 2025

Electric car batteries can power homes and cut costs

A University of Michigan study finds that using electric vehicle batteries to power homes (vehicle-to-home, V2H) can save owners thousands of dollars and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Results differ across regions and the technology is still being tested.

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16 Dec 2025

Headphones that find and isolate voices

Researchers built smart headphones that use AI to follow conversation rhythm and isolate the voices of people you are speaking with. The prototype was shown in Suzhou and the code is open-source.

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16 Dec 2025

Impaired driving rises in December

Data show December is one of the deadliest months for impaired driving, with 2022 rates at their highest in 15 years. A Virginia Tech researcher warns that impairment now often involves cannabis and other drugs and needs better prevention.

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16 Dec 2025

Webb finds an unusual planet orbiting a pulsar

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope observed a strange exoplanet with a helium–carbon atmosphere, soot clouds and possible diamond formation. The planet orbits a fast-spinning pulsar and challenges known formation theories.

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16 Dec 2025

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