Zanskar, a geothermal startup, utilized AI to uncover a vast hidden geothermal reserve beneath the western Nevada desert.

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Although today Caesars Palace seems as ancient as the Pantheon, when it debuted on the Strip, it transformed Las Vegas. In the mid-1960s, the Strip was a dusty desert dotted with boxy hotels. None had ...

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