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A novel thin-film technology enables solar panels to generate electricity from both sunlight and raindrops.

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As Delhi’s sudden rains spark wild chemtrail claims, we unpack how Bill Gates, solar geoengineering and SCoPEx became the centre of India’s latest weather conspiracy theory.

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A decade after audiences marveled at the Matt Damon-led survival story The Martian, a new film is bringing a novel from sci-fi author Andy Weir to the big screen. But we at Popular Mechanics wondered: ...