A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers
An AI-related provision in the “Big Beautiful Bill” could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centers—and is raising bipartisan objections across the US.Read More
NASA Student Challenge Prepares Future Designers for Lunar Missions
4 Min Read NASA Student Challenge Prepares Future Designers for Lunar Missions At NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, the next generation of lunar explorers and engineers are already hard at work. Some started with sketchbooks and others worked with computer-aided design files, but all had a vision of how design could thrive in extreme [...]
What Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Do to the Human Body
So-called “less-lethal” weapons like those that have been used against demonstrators in Los Angeles can cause severe, lasting harm like nerve or brain damage or blindness. They can also kill.Read More
WHO Monitors New Covid Variant Spreading in America and Europe
NB.1.8.1 has mutations that could increase the virus’s transmissibility and decrease the efficacy of certain neutralizing antibodies against it.Read More
‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US
Outro, which is now available in seven states, wants to help people taper off antidepressants without experiencing debilitating side effects.Read More
A New Law of Nature Attempts to Explain the Complexity of the Universe
A novel suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.Read More
Uber Just Reinvented the Bus … Again
Beyond the jokes about its new shuttle service are serious questions about what it will mean for struggling transit systems, air quality, and congestion.Read More
How to Prepare for a Climate Disaster in Trump’s America
Here’s how to find reliable information and keep safe during the summer heat and hurricane season following the unprecedented cuts at federal agencies.Read More
How One Keto Trial Set Off a New War in the Nutrition World
A study claimed that people who eat high-fat, low-carb diets weren’t seeing their arteries fill up with plaque, despite having high levels of blood cholesterol. Critics disagreed—and all hell broke loose.Read More
Future Engineers Shine at NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Robotics Competition
4 Min Read Future Engineers Shine at NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Robotics Competition And the winner is… the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Utah Student Robotics Club won the grand prize Artemis Award on May 22 for NASA’s 2025 Lunabotics Challenge held at The Astronauts Memorial Foundation’s Center for Space Education at the [...]