Germany paid people to use its energy; Google will pay you not to drive their cars; Portugal ran on renewable energy for four whole days … and more!

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May 20, 2016

Germany produced so much renewable energy it ended up paying people to use it Last weekend Germany's power grid was swimming in renewable energy, so much so that power prices went negative. The country was generating so much renewable energy on Sunday that, for a few hours, residents actually earned money from using electricity. The weather was the cause of this ... Read More Google will pay people $40,000 a year not to drive their self driving cars The most brutal lore: Dark Souls or Pokémon Portugal ran on renewable energy alone for four days Overwatch is not a MOBA, knock it off We've seen a wave of released and upcoming MOBA-like games. DOTA 2 and League of Legends are the big MOBAs that have been around for years (sorry, Heroes of Newerth), but we've since gotten Heroes of the Storm, Smite, Awesomenauts, Battleborn (kind of), and a bunch of others, with even more on the way. Read More The calm before the global warming storm: Earth is getting greener Is global warming making the Earth a greener place? A new study has found that rising CO2 levels are creating a plant boom. Between 25% and 50% of the Earth's vegetation has become more green in recent decades. The plants and trees are drawing in all that extra carbon dioxide and using it as hyper fuel. Read More Even with sci-fi tech, it may be impossible to explore the known universe We can't even send people to the nearest planets yet, let alone other stars or galaxies, but what about in the future? How far could humanity venture with science fictional technology? YouTuber Kurzgesagt hypothesizes that we'll forever be limited to our own galactic neighborhood, known as the local group. Read More

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