Technology
Are Those Viral ‘Cooling Blankets’ for Real?
According to physics, any blanket can cool you—for a few minutes. But a real cooling blanket is possible with phase-change materials.
Congress Demands Answers on Data Privacy Ahead of 23andMe...
House Democrats sent letters to the potential buyers of the genetic testing company, asking how they plan to protect customer genetic...
The EPA Wants to Roll Back Emissions Controls on Power...
"The EPA is trying to get out of the climate change business,” says one expert.
Astronomers Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Unlock...
Using a neural network trained with simulations of supermassive black holes, astronomers have found that the one at the center of...
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...
WHO Monitors New Covid Variant Spreading in America and...
NB.1.8.1 has mutations that could increase the virus’s transmissibility and decrease the efficacy of certain neutralizing antibodies...
‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the...
Outro, which is now available in seven states, wants to help people taper off antidepressants without experiencing debilitating side...
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...
A New Law of Nature Attempts to Explain the Complexity...
A novel suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite...
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,...
