Astro-tourism − chasing eclipses, meteor showers and elusive dark skies from Earth. For years, small groups of astronomy enthusiasts have traveled the globe chasing the…
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April’s eclipse will mean interruptions in solar power generation, which could strain electrical grids. During the most recent total solar eclipse visible in the U.S.,…
How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology. “Dune,” widely considered one…
Electric vehicles are suddenly hot − but the industry has traveled a long road to relevance. In 2023, more than 7% of cars sold in…
SEC approves first US climate disclosure rules: Why the requirements are much weaker than planned and what they mean for companies. After two years of…
Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood. Emotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial expressions and…
We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958. A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced…
Norman Jewison’s ‘Rollerball’ depicted a world in which corporations controlled all information – is this dystopian vision becoming reality? If the films of Norman Jewison, who…
‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists. Human fear of sharks has deep roots. Written…
The metaverse is a network of always-on virtual environments in which many people can interact with one another and digital objects while operating virtual representations…