An AI-related provision in the βBig Beautiful Billβ could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centersβand is raising bipartisan objections across the US.
Beyond the jokes about its new shuttle service are serious questions about what it will mean for struggling transit systems, air quality, and congestion.
Scientists were able to create a bespoke treatment for KJ Muldoonβs rare genetic disorder within six months. It could be a blueprint for potentially life-saving, gene-editing Crispr therapies.
Following inaction from the government, fishing communities and conservationists are taking it upon themselves to set up and monitor no-catch zones to combat species depletion caused by overfishing.
A new species of cable bacteria, which function like electrical wiring, was recently discovered in the US. Its unique morphology and genetic structure may be useful for the development of bioelectronics.
In March, Finland successfully completed the first test of its encapsulation plant, which, if finished, will become the worldβs first permanent underground storage facility for radioactive waste.
The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.