SCOTT SIMON, HOST: One of the hottest gifts of the season is a little too hot, hot enough to catch fire. Hoverboards have been burning up because of problems with their lithium-ion batteries. And lithium-ion batteries are in a lot of things these day

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American inventor John Goodenough first started working on battery technology more than 40 years ago. Goodenough actually co-invented lithium-ion batteries in 1980. This eventually led to a revolution in the electronics industry because those devices

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Parts of Chile are facing a growing water crisis. The Reuters news agency reports the government is taking steps to protect the countrys water supplies from mining operations. But for many years, the Chilean government approved water extraction right

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Chances are, you plug in your phone before you go to bed at night, thinking it's best to greet the morning with a fully charged device. 晚上临睡前,你可能会给手机充上电,想着第二天早上看到一部电量满格的手机。 Is th

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