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Technology
Your battery works by shuttling lithium ions
Charging pushes ions into the graphite anode, using them pushes them back. Each cycle degrades the structure slightly — which is why batteries age.
Technology
Data centres spend enormous energy just staying cool
Cooling can account for a large share of a facility's power, which is why operators build them in cold climates, underwater, or run them warmer on purpose.
Inventions
Diesel's first engines ran on peanut oil
Rudolf Diesel demonstrated his engine on vegetable oil in 1900, envisioning farmers fuelling their own machinery long before biodiesel existed.