Energy Dept. Offers Utilities $22 Billion to Reshape U.S. Power Grids
The Energy Department said on Thursday that it planned to offer $22.9 billion in loan guarantees to help eight electric utilities around the country modernize their power grids, add large amounts of renewable energy — and pass along any resulting…
Soft robotic armband gives prosthetic hand users natural control
Prosthetic hands have long struggled to replicate the dexterity and functionality of natural hands, often limiting users to a single grasp function at a time. This limitation has made everyday tasks, such as typing on a keyboard or braiding hair,…
Lee Zeldin, Trump’s Pick to Head E.P.A., Faces Senate Confirmation Hearing
Of all the government agencies that President-elect Donald J. Trump has threatened to shrink or eliminate, perhaps none has been a greater target than the Environmental Protection Agency. During the first Trump administration, the nation’s top regulator of air and…
New Glenn Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk’s space dominance
Getty Images Blue Origin’s rocket New Glenn blasted off overnight Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The New Glenn rocket launched from…
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Begins 2nd Try of New Glenn Rocket Launch: Live Updates
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is poised upright at Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Preparations began in earnest several hours before launch when liquid hydrogen started flowing into New Glenn’s propellant tanks. At 10…
Powerful Webb Telescope captures photos of one of the earliest supernova ever seen
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured photos of one of the earliest supernovas ever seen, with features appearing like grains and knots found in a cut of wood. “Once upon a time, the core of a massive star…
Biden’s Presidential Legacy: An Era of Change, Forever Marked by Trump
President Biden ran for the White House promising to be a transitional figure, then once he got there began thinking of himself as a transformational one. But after a tumultuous four years in office, it turns out he was really…
Even Homes That Evade the Fire Face Toxic Ash Risk, Studies Show
Armed with two garden hoses hooked up to a sputtering tap, Matthew Craig battled fire and smoke to save his house from the onslaught of flames that devastated much of Altadena, a once leafy corner of Los Angeles County. The…
California Wildfire Victims Can Apply for a One-Time $770 FEMA Payment
After disasters like the Los Angeles wildfires, the Federal Emergency Management Agency offers different types of financial assistance. The fastest is what FEMA calls “serious needs assistance,” which is a one-time payment of $770. That money is meant to be…
Monterey Bay Aquarium Director Julie Packard to Retire
Julie Packard, the marine biologist who has presided over the Monterey Bay Aquarium since it opened in 1984 and shepherded it through the Covid pandemic, announced her retirement as executive director on Wednesday. Ms. Packard has helped repurpose the thick-glassed…
Fox News AI Newsletter: AI health tech will transform your fitness routine
Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – Best cutting-edge health and fitness tech from CES 2025 – Nvidia pushes back on Biden admin’s ‘misguided’ AI order – Biden White House…
Celtic Women Held Sway in ‘Matrilocal’ Societies
A tantalizing vision of a women-centric society has emerged from an ancient cemetery in the bucolic countryside of southwest England. Whereas women commonly left home to join their husbands’ families upon marriage, the Durotriges, a Celtic tribe that lived in…
Land and wealth in Celtic Britain centred on women – DNA analysis
Bournemouth University Many skeletons of women were found buried with valuable objects like pots Women in Britain 2,000 years ago appear to have passed on land and wealth to daughters not sons as communities were built around women’s blood lines,…
Are Biden and Trump at Odds on Global Energy Strategy? Maybe Not So Much.
At their confirmation hearings on Wednesday, the two men in line to oversee the United States’ global energy policies, Senator Marco Rubio and the fossil fuel executive Chris Wright, are expected to assail President Biden as overly concerned with climate…
SpaceX launching
After launching more than 100 small payloads from California Tuesday and two commercial moon landers from Florida early Wednesday, both atop Falcon 9 rockets, SpaceX readied a huge Super Heavy-Starship for a ground-shaking launch from the Texas Gulf Coast to…
Mac malware mayhem as 100 million Apple users at risk of having personal data stolen
Apple’s Macs are generally considered more secure than Windows PCs, but they are not immune to hackers. Numerous incidents demonstrate that Macs are not impenetrable, and a new one has recently been added to the list. Security researchers have discovered…
Get ready to experience thrill of eVTOL racing
You might have heard about electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL). Well, there’s some exciting news coming from Jetson, a Swedish startup that’s making waves in the air racing scene. While Australia’s Airspeeder has been working on crewed eVTOL…
Choice for Energy Secretary Has Been an Evangelist for Fossil Fuels
Chris Wright, Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy, landed the job during his first encounter with the past and future president. The founder and chief executive of Liberty Energy, a fracking services company based in Colorado,…
Economic Toll of Los Angeles Fires Goes Far Beyond Destroyed Homes
After decades of mounting damage from climate-fueled natural disasters, researchers have compiled many misery-filled data sets that trace the economic fallout over weeks, months and years. The fires still burning in Los Angeles are sure to rank among America’s most…
World Monuments Fund Puts Moon on List of At-Risk Sites
For years, the World Monuments Fund has sought to draw attention and resources to endangered cultural heritage sites including Machu Picchu in Peru, temples in Cambodia and the old city of Taiz in Yemen. But this year’s list of at-risk…
LA fires: Equestrian center shelters hundreds of animals
Watch: Moment horses are rescued from approaching LA fire The trailers arrived all at once, carrying hundreds of horses fleeing the Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles. Some horses came solo, others in trailers packed with fellow animals. Many…
Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain’s new industrial revolution
BBC In a gleaming laboratory in Edinburgh, robotic machines whirr and slide and mix chemicals. The final product will be a pine-smelling chemical that can be used as an ingredient in perfumes. But the starting point is very different: a…
SpaceX Will Launch Two New Moon Landers on One Rocket: What to Know
A space twofer is scheduled to take place early Wednesday morning — two lunar missions for the price of one rocket launch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 will lift off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, carrying the…
New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.
Obesity should be assessed in a way that goes beyond the standard measure of body mass index, or B.M.I., according to a new definition of the condition released by an international commission. Its report, published Tuesday in The Lancet Diabetes…
What to Know About ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer
(Editors note: We are continuing to cover the Los Angeles fires. Scroll down for more on the latest.) Societies have used nutrient-rich human waste as fertilizer for centuries. But sewage today is different. That’s because we’ve flooded the environment with…
What to Know About ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer
(Editors note: We are continuing to cover the Los Angeles fires. Scroll down for more on the latest.) Societies have used nutrient-rich human waste as fertilizer for centuries. But sewage today is different. That’s because we’ve flooded the environment with…
California Withdraws Some Requests for Tighter Climate Rules
California has withdrawn requests that the Biden administration allow the state to enact limits on pollution from trucks, locomotives and ferries that are more strict than federal standards, on the expectation that the Trump administration would revoke them. The move…
The California FAIR Plan Faces Crucial Insurance Test
It’s too soon to know how the Los Angeles fires will change life in California, but it may heavily depend on the answer to a single question: Will a once-obscure insurance program run out of money? That program, the California…
Hackers claim massive breach of company that tracks and sells Americans’ location data
When we talk about data privacy, tech giants like Google and Facebook are often blamed for using personal data to show ads and recommendations. Less discussed are the businesses whose entire business model revolves around collecting your data and selling…
In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Fertilizer
For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency has warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks, saying in a study on Tuesday that, in some cases, the risks could…
First 15 things to do or try first when you get a new iPhone
Apple announces new iPhones every year, and I often wonder if that’s truly necessary. A launch every two years seems more reasonable, especially since the new iPhones are often only marginally better than the ones released the year before. This…
U.S. Oil Production Is Booming. Oil Jobs Are Not.
For years, as oil and gas companies increased production, they hired lots of workers, enriching communities across the United States. That is no longer true. The country is pumping more oil than ever and near-record amounts of gas. But the…
Shape-shifting AI Transformer homes will leave you wanting one
AC Future, a leading developer of AI-enabled sustainable living solutions, has partnered with world-renowned Italian design house Pininfarina to create a groundbreaking collection of transformable living spaces. This innovative collaboration has resulted in three distinct products: AI-THd (AI Transformer Home…
What is the pink fire retardant being dropped on L.A. wildfires? Here’s what to know.
Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dousing the area with more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dropped ahead of the flames in a desperate effort to stop them…
Cicadas are coming back. See when and where experts say they will emerge in 2025
Cicadas are set to return this year in the U.S., but their numbers are not expected to be as overwhelming as they were in the spring of 2024, when multiple broods emerged simultaneously. Brood XIV, the second-largest group of periodical cicadas,…
After a Naming Contest, Cardea Joins the Celestial Ranks as a Quasi-Moon
For thousands of years, Cardea has been known as the Roman goddess of doorways and transitions, a guardian of thresholds. On Monday, she joined the celestial ranks of fellow mythological figures like Mars, Venus and Andromeda. But Cardea is not…
5-minute cleanup for your phone and computer
Digital junk piles up faster than clutter in real life. There are files you don’t need, all those random screenshots, apps you downloaded and used once, and blurry photos clogging up your camera roll. Win a pair of $329 Ray-Ban…
Supreme Court Clears a Path for Lawsuits Against Oil Companies to Proceed
In a decision widely seen as benefiting climate activists, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a lawsuit filed by Honolulu against oil companies over their role in global warming. The Honolulu case is one of…
Peruvian Mummies’ Ancient Tattoos Come Under Laser Focus
A culture flourished along the central Peruvian coast from about A.D. 900 to 1500. Called the Chancay, they left behind a wealth of cultural remains, including intricate tattoos that are preserved to this day on the skin of mummified individuals….
Martin Karplus, Chemist Who Made Early Computers a Tool, Dies at 94
Martin Karplus, a Nobel Prize-winning theoretical chemist who used computers to model how complex systems change during chemical reactions, a process that has led to advances in the understanding of biological processes, died on Dec. 28 at his home in…
800,000 VW electric vehicle owners’ data exposed by software bug
German automaker Volkswagen isn’t having a great time. The company is planning to cut capacity at five factories, reducing production by about 700,000 vehicles, while also laying off more than 35,000 workers in its home country. Now, reports suggest the…
Oil Tycoon Harold Hamm Throwing an Inauguration Day Party
Harold G. Hamm, the billionaire oil and gas executive who helped bankroll Donald J. Trump’s campaign and stands to profit from his energy policies, is hosting an exclusive fossil fuel industry celebration on Inauguration Day. The daytime party on the…
The future of trucking rolls forward in Shell’s experimental big rig
The Shell Starship Initiative has been on an interesting journey since its inception in 2018, with a mission to redefine energy efficiency in the commercial trucking sector. Starting with diesel engines, the first two versions of the Starship made impressive…
Some Raw Truths About Raw Milk
Today, however, a small but growing number of Americans prefer to drink their milk raw. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Donald Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, now stands at the vanguard of this movement….
Are Smart Thermostats Worth the Money?
Smart thermostats first hit the market in the early 2010s as a way to strategically cut your electricity bill while still keeping your home nice and cozy. Brands claim up to 26 percent savings on heating and cooling bills. But…
Blue Origin postpones first launch of its massive new rocket
Blue Origin to launch New Glenn rocket Blue Origin to launch New Glenn rocket after 10 years of development 05:07 Cape Canaveral, Fla. — Blue Origin called off the debut launch of its massive new rocket early Monday because of…
A Stargazers’ Guide to Watching the Full Moon Pass Mars and the a New Come
The first full moon of the year will glide through the sky on Monday night. For lucky stargazers in some parts of the world, it will also pass in front of the more-brilliantly-red-than-usual Mars in an event known as a…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Prepares to Launch New Glenn Rocket: Live Updates
Jan. 12, 2025, 11:30 p.m. ET Kenneth Chang Kenneth Chang is reporting on the launch from Cocoa Beach, Fla. When upright, the New Glenn is 320 feet tall. At liftoff, nearly four million pounds of thrust spew from its seven…
Norway on track to be first to go all-electric
BBC Like a third of Norwegian motorists, Ståle Fyen now drives an electric car Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles…
PowerSchool data breach exposes millions of student and teacher records
Cybercriminals spare no industry, targeting sectors like health care, insurance, automotive and education. Health care has been a frequent target, with attacks like the Ascension breach last year and the CVR incident in late 2024. Now, education technology giant PowerSchool…
Best cutting-edge health and fitness tech from CES 2025
CES 2025 has once again showcased a remarkable array of health and fitness technology that promises to transform our well-being. From artificial intelligence-powered sleep aids to smart ear-cleaning devices, this year’s event highlights cutting-edge solutions designed to enhance our health…
Hydrogen-powered rescue truck just smashed a world record, and it only spits out water
Hydrogen-powered trucks are making waves in the world of clean transportation, and the H2Rescue truck just set a new Guinness World Record to prove it. This impressive vehicle, developed by Cummins Accelera in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy…
Chronic Pain Afflicts Billions of People. It’s Time for a Revolution.
“In the beginning, everyone thought they were going to find this one breakthrough pain drug that would replace opioids,” Gereau said. Increasingly, though, it’s looking like chronic pain, like cancer, could end up having a range of genetic and cellular…
Is it a bomb? Is it a plane crash? No, it’s space junk
Getty Images An eerie whizzing sound followed by a big boom startled Kenyan villagers relaxing recently one afternoon with family and friends. “It sounded like a bomb, I was shocked. I started looking around, also wondering if it was gunshots,”…
China’s newest humanoid robot is ready to serve like never before
Chinese startup Pudu Robotics has unveiled its latest creation, the D9 humanoid robot, designed to revolutionize the way we work and interact with machines. Standing at an impressive 5.57 feet tall, this bipedal machine is not just another robot —…
J. Fraser Stoddart, Who Developed Microscopic Machines, Dies at 82
J. Fraser Stoddart, a Scottish-born scientist who went from playing with construction sets as a boy to building molecular machines a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair, known as nanomachines, for which he shared the 2016…
Far From the Fires, the Deadly Risks of Smoke Are Intensifying
It kills more people each year than car crashes, war or drugs do. This invisible killer is the air pollution from sources like cars and trucks or factory smokestacks. But as wildfires intensify and grow more frequent in a warming…
Fox News AI Newsletter: Tech leaders’ message to Biden
Nvidia is developing real-world robots that are equipped with artificial intelligence capabilities. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – Tech industry leaders urge Biden not to cement…
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Launch Could Give SpaceX Some Competition
The foundational building block for Jeff Bezos’ space dreams is finally ready to launch. A New Glenn rocket — built by Blue Origin, the rocket company that Mr. Bezos started nearly a quarter century ago — is sitting on a…
Trump and Republicans Cannot Stop Electric Vehicles, Experts Say
To a large extent, the electric vehicle market in the United States runs on Democratic policies. There are federal tax credits for car buyers. Subsidies for battery manufacturing. Cheap loans to build electric car factories. Grants for chargers. Regulations that…
AI isn’t going anywhere: Prompts to make life easier
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The California Wildfires Are the Latest Disaster Supercharged by Climate Change
As Los Angeles burned for days on end, horrifying the nation, scientists made an announcement on Friday that could help explain the deadly conflagration: 2024 was the hottest year in recorded history. With temperatures rising around the globe and the…
Mauro Morandi, Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, Dies at 85
Mauro Morandi, whose 32-year sojourn on an uninhabited Mediterranean island led to his being known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, died on Jan. 3 in Modena, Italy. He was 85. The cause was a brain hemorrhage, said Antonio Rinaldis, who wrote…
Video: Why Wasn’t California Prepared for These Wildfires?
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L.A. Fires Show Limits of America’s Efforts to Cope With Climate Change
This week’s fires around Los Angeles present a puzzle: Why is California, the state best equipped to deal with wildfires, seemingly unable to prevent blazes from consuming entire chunks of the country’s second-largest city? California’s building code for wildfires is…
Chinese auto giant wants to make flying cars your next commute option
GAC Group, a prominent automotive manufacturer from China, is making waves in the transportation sector with the launch of its new eVTOL brand, Govy. This development reflects GAC’s commitment to sustainable air travel, as the company taps into its extensive…
Constellation Energy to Buy Power Producer Calpine
Constellation Energy, the nation’s largest nuclear power plant operator, has agreed to buy another electricity producer, Calpine, for $16.4 billion. The deal reflects the key role that natural gas is likely to play in meeting fast-rising U.S. electricity demand. The…
How the Northern Lights and Digital Photography Have Boosted Astrotourism
Last August, over a calm Michigan lake, Karl Duesterhaus, 34, of Chicago, was treated to an unusual phenomenon: the northern lights, which appeared as hazy colors in a brighter-than-usual night sky. It was a cool experience, he said, but he…
Pink Fire Retardant, a Dramatic Wildfire Weapon, Poses Its Own Dangers
From above the raging flames, these planes can unleash immense tankfuls of bright pink fire retardant in just 20 seconds. They have long been considered vital in the battle against wildfires. But emerging research has shown that the millions of…
The Roller-Skating Economist You Can Thank for Congestion Pricing
William Vickrey, an undergraduate studying mathematics and electrical engineering at Yale in the 1930s, was on a train from New Haven to visit his parents in Westchester County when he had an observation that seemed to clarify his life’s purpose….
How to easily print photos from your phone
Are you an aspiring Android or iPhone photographer? Both Android OS 15 and iOS 18 bring professional photography features to their new smartphones with advancements made in artificial intelligence-assisted photo processing and top-of-the-line digital camera sensors in the top-line smartphones….
World’s hottest year: 2024 first to pass 1.5C warming limit
BBC The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this. The European Copernicus climate service, one of the main global…
Firefighters Protect Mt. Wilson Observatory From Eaton Fire in L.A.
The Eaton fire, raging uncontained to the northeast of Los Angeles, raced up Mount Wilson on Thursday, at one point threatening the historic Mount Wilson observatory and a host of antennas and transmitters used for communications and local television broadcasts….
Elon Musk Downplays the Role of Climate in L.A. Fires, Scientists Say
Elon Musk on Thursday inserted himself into the debate over the role climate change plays in wildfires as at least five fires scorched the Los Angeles area, charring entire neighborhoods, killing at least five people and forcing tens of thousands…
‘Everything is Burned Down’
The fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades this week started a few hundred yards from Sheila Morovati’s home. At around 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, ferocious winds began whipping smoke through across her patio. Minutes later, walls of flames were marching…
‘Approaching the Light’: Peter Fenwick and Stories of Near-Death Experiences
I didn’t fully understand the limits of my body until this past June, when I fell down my fire escape and floated outside myself in a near-death experience, much like the ones Peter Fenwick — a psychiatrist who researched end-of-life…
New images of Mercury captured by UK spacecraft BepiColombo
European Space Agency At about 06:59 CET on Wednesday BepiColomo flew about 295km (183 miles) above Mercury’s north pole A spacecraft built in the UK has captured new images of Mercury as it made its sixth and final flyby ahead…
This fake app clone will steal everything you type on your Android
Fake apps are a big problem, and their clever social engineering tricks make them hard to catch. There are tons of these apps out there mimicking popular apps like PayPal and Spotify. Security researchers have found another fake app pretending…
Meta makes major move back to free speech and ends 3rd-party fact-checking program
In 2022, Elon Musk acquired Twitter and made a series of changes to the platform, including changing its name to X and introducing Community Notes, which is a feature that allows users to add context or fact-check potentially misleading posts….
Solar device transforms used tires to help purify water so that it’s drinkable
Imagine a world where clean drinking water is readily available even in the most remote areas. This vision is becoming a reality thanks to innovative research from scientists in Canada. A team of scientists at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova…
U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged
America’s efforts to cut its climate change pollution stalled in 2024, with greenhouse gas emissions dropping just a fraction, 0.2 percent, compared to the year before, according to estimates published Thursday by the Rhodium Group, a research firm. Despite continued…
U.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surged
America’s efforts to cut its climate change pollution stalled in 2024, with greenhouse gas emissions dropping just a fraction, 0.2 percent, compared to the year before, according to estimates published Thursday by the Rhodium Group, a research firm. Despite continued…
Million year-old bubbles could solve ice age mystery
PNRA_IPEV Air and particles formed hundreds of thousands of years ago are trapped in the ice What is probably the world’s oldest ice, dating back 1.2m years ago, has been dug out from deep within Antarctica. Working at temperatures of…
Pluto May Have Captured Its Biggest Moon Charon After an Ancient Dance and Kiss
Some 4.5 billion years ago, the dwarf planet Pluto was suddenly joined by a companion. For a very brief period — perhaps only hours — they danced as if arm in arm before gently separating, a grand do-si-do that resulted…
California Wildfires Threaten Insurers Already Teetering From Climate Shocks
It’s too soon to know the financial cost of the wildfires burning around Los Angeles. But the toll on California’s troubled insurance market could be enormous. The fires struck just as California officials have been working to stop insurance companies…
California Wildfires Threaten Insurers Already Teetering From Climate Shocks
It’s too soon to know the financial cost of the wildfires burning around Los Angeles. But the toll on California’s troubled insurance market could be enormous. The fires struck just as California officials have been working to stop insurance companies…
Fox News AI Newsletter: FBI’s new warning about AI-driven scams that are after your cash
Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements. IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – FBI’s new warning about AI-driven scams that are after your cash – Nvidia CEO: ‘The ChatGPT moment for general robotics is just around…
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Received No Drilling Bids
One of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s biggest “drill, baby, drill” initiatives suffered a significant setback on Wednesday as the Interior Department announced that a lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended without a single bidder. The sale, which…
Punk and Emo Fossils Are a Hot Topic in Paleontology
Mark Sutton, an Imperial College London paleontologist, is not a punk. “I’m more of a folk and country person,” he said. But when Dr. Sutton pieced together 3-D renderings of a tiny fossil mollusk, he was struck by the spikes…
Trump’s Threat to Take Over Greenland Bewilders the Island’s Population
Christian Ulloriaq Jeppesen remembers how this all started. In 2019, during Donald J. Trump’s first term as president, Mr. Trump floated the idea of the United States buying the island of Greenland. At the time, most people in Greenland (and…
Preventing this insidious email forwarding scam that will drain your bank account
With our lives so intertwined with digital communication these days, the threat of email fraud is something we all need to take seriously. Recently, Teresa W. shared a scary experience that underscores the dangers of business email compromise (BEC). “I…
Genetically engineered mosquitoes with
Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialing the novel pest control method. The “toxic male technique” aims to breed mosquitoes that express venomous proteins in their semen, killing…
Top tech stealing the show at CES 2025
Get ready for some pretty cool innovations that are lighting up CES 2025, the world’s biggest annual tech event. From AI-powered smart glasses to revolutionary TVs and mind-blowing gadgets, this year’s show is proving that the future isn’t just knocking….
Bumblebees spotted starting nests in winter in Scotland
Getty Images Bumblebees normally hibernate over winter Bumblebees have been found to be starting nests in the depths of winter due to climate change, say conservationists. The charity Buglife said active worker bumblebees, which do most of the work in…
Why Does Trump Want Greenland?
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s attention returned Tuesday to an idea that has fascinated him for years: acquiring Greenland for the United States. In a news conference on Tuesday, he refused to rule out using military or economic force to take…
A Key Part of Biden’s Climate Law Was Built to Survive Trump. Now, the Test.
One of the most powerful parts of President Biden’s signature climate law was designed to attract support from such a wide array of industries that it would be hard for Congress to repeal. Now, that theory is about to be…
NASA Will Let Trump Decide How to Bring Mars Rocks to Earth
NASA needs help fetching rocks from Mars, and on Tuesday, agency officials announced that they have not yet quite decided how to do that. Instead, they are leaving a final decision to the incoming administration of President-elect Donald J. Trump….
What Will Power the A.I. Revolution?
Last week, Microsoft announced that it would spend approximately $80 billion during this fiscal year to build data centers for its booming artificial intelligence business. That gargantuan sum is a testament to the opportunity that Microsoft and other tech giants…
Trump Promises to End New Wind Farms
President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that “no new windmills” would be built in the United States when he takes office, a direct rebuke of the Biden administration, which has approved 11 commercial-scale offshore wind projects. In a meandering…
Exxon Sues California Official, Claiming He Defamed the Company
Exxon Mobil sued California’s attorney general, the Sierra Club and other environmental groups on Monday, alleging that they conspired to defame the oil giant and kneecap its business prospects amid a debate over whether plastics can be recycled effectively. The…