US strategy could be costly in terms of higher electricity prices, increased water stress and potential food insecurity

A "Cyber Shield" would enable the United States and its Indo-Pacific allies to attribute quickly, act collectively, and stem Beijing’s cyber coercion.
The post America’s Cyber Retreat Is Undermining Indo-Pacific Security appeared first on Just Security.

Sorry, a proper handheld console is too hard. How about a whole car with built-in Remote Play?

“If you care so much, do it yourself.”

Parliamentarians, councils and industry representatives have met at Westminster to discuss the growing number of fires linked to discarded lithium-ion batteries, amid calls for stronger regulation and government support. A cross-sector group of parliamentarians, local government representatives and …

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A third of San Francisco lost power over the weekend, causing traffic chaos.

Apple can't force app makers to get consent twice to track user data, Italian regulator says.

More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now, it’s being used for $1,776 checks.

The Trump administration has targeted everything from public health to space missions for funding cuts, bringing an end to the longstanding US policy of scientific pursuits as a path towards progress and economic prosperity

More than half of people say they recycle less over Christmas.
The post Recycling rates drop at Christmas as households struggle with festive waste, survey suggests appeared first on Circular Online.

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Meet Envision. Europe’s next mission to Venus. Planned for launch in 2031.Envision will study Venus from its core to its upper atmosphere to reveal more about the planet’s history, geological activity, and climate. It will help us understand why Earth’s closest neighbour – in…

Researchers found more than 29% of college students reported using CBD monthly or more to handle anxiety, stress, and sleeping problems.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY, WISCONSIN — On a warm fall afternoon, dairy farmer Chris Kestell pushes through prairie brambles taller than himself, tracing a path overgrown with thickets and swarming with bees as he hikes toward a hidden waterway. Though the route is unidentifiable to the untrained eye, Kestell,…

A proposed state constitutional amendment introduced in the Michigan House in April  would put the right to clean air, water, soil and a stable climate on par with other fundamental liberties like the freedoms of speech and religion. The Michigan Green Amendment, introduced by Rep. Rachel Hood (D-Gr…

ByteDance set to increase capital expenditure next year in effort to further build AI infrastructure

Many industries are eyeing up hydrogen as a source of clean energy, but with supplies of green hydrogen limited, we should prioritise the areas where it could have the most positive impact on carbon emissions, say researchers

Across the ocean, many different animals share a seemingly magical trait: they can light up and glow.
The post Illumination Under the Ocean: Understanding Bioluminescence and Biofluorescence appeared first on New England Aquarium.

Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.
The post Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers and Operation Southern Spear appeared first on Just Security.

North Somerset Council and Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm are aiming to repurpose up to 4,000 Christmas trees this winter, expanding a long-running partnership designed to reduce seasonal waste and support environmental and community initiatives. Thousands of Christmas trees are set to be given a second life i…

The folks who brought you unlimited 5G data on the world's largest cellular network are at it again, this time with huge savings on premium, unlimited home internet.

Manage development, testing, and production database workloads more efficiently with new features including Developer Edition support for SQL Server, M7i/R7i instance support with optimize CPU, and expanded storage options up to 256 TiB.

10 November 2025, video address CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Your Excellencies, distinguished delegates, colleagues and friends, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for the invitation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – the IPCC – to address the opening of COP 30. As the Chair of the UN body ma…

by Kelly House; Bridge Michigan Published November 21, 2025 Bridge Michigan has spent the past several months chronicling the demise of the lower Great Lakes whitefish, investigating causes, consequences and potential solutions. Now, we’re teaming up with Detroit PBS to bring the story to your scree…

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, Borderless, Ensia, Planet Detroit, Sahan Journal, and Wisconsin Watch, as well as the Guardian and Inside Climate News. The project was supported by the Joyce Foundation. You can read the launch stor…

In the Benediction for his 1968 autobiographical book, Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness, American author, essayist and environmental advocate Edward Abbey wrote, “May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral valleys.” Today, many of those pastoral valleys have become hom…

“They’re done with me – but we’re not talking about it,” he said

Here's what to know about proposals for enormous new data centers, and what Earthjustice is doing to control their pollution, climate impacts, and your energy bill.
The post What You Need to Know About AI Data Centers appeared first on Earthjustice.

Greta Thunberg is arrested in central London on suspicion of supporting a proscribed organisation.

Mr and Mrs Wadley's 19-year-old son has asthma and cannot come home for Christmas due to mould all over the walls.

A love triangle forms between three tennis players.

The United States aims to embark on its most active new nuclear construction program since the 1970s. In its most high-dollar nuclear deal yet, the Trump administration in October launched a partnership to build at least $80 billion worth of new, large-scale nuclear reactors, and chose Westinghouse …

For many years, doctors and technicians who performed medical ultrasound procedures viewed bubbles with wary concern. The phenomenon of cavitation—the formation and collapse of tiny gas bubbles due to changes in pressure—was considered an undesirable and largely uncontrollable side effect. But in 20…

The Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee has said it is deeply disappointed by the government’s ‘complacent’ response to its waste-crime inquiry.
The post Defra accused of complacency over waste-crime inquiry by Lords appeared first on Circular Online.

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IEEE Spectrum’s transportation coverage this year covered breakthroughs in electric vehicles, batteries, charging, automation, aviation, maritime tech and more. Readers followed the race to rebuild U.S. magnet manufacturing, rethink EV-charging architecture, and reinvent automotive software. They tr…

The Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) Forum announces that Toni Robinson, Risk & Sustainability Director at Grundon Waste Management, has been elected as its new Chair.
The post Grundon’s Toni Robinson appointed as new WISH Chair appeared first on Circular Online.

Sean Plankey’s nomination faltered as lawmakers ran out the clock after a tumultuous year of workforce reductions. The cyberdefense agency enters the new year without a permanent leader as the White House finalizes a sweeping national cyber strategy.

A new study has found that tour boats and swimmers routinely violate Mexico’s whale shark tourism rules.

UK’s richest woman received increase despite fall in profits at family-run gambling empire

This syllabus supplement offers curated articles intended to be combined with traditional casebooks in a law school or other higher education classroom.
The post International Humanitarian Law: Syllabus Supplements appeared first on Just Security.

Quantum computing is a devilishly complex technology, with many technical hurdles impacting its development. Of these challenges two critical issues stand out: miniaturization and qubit quality.IBM has adopted the superconducting qubit road map of reaching a 1,121-qubit processor by 2023, leading to…

New features enable automatic cost optimization through intelligent storage tiering and simplified table replication across AWS Regions and accounts.

New pricing model helps maintain cost efficiency while providing flexibility with database services and deployment options.

When you picture the ocean, you might imagine peaceful blue waters and an underwater world full of calm and quiet. But beneath the surface, the ocean is actually far from silent — a full-blown symphony of calls, clicks, and crashing currents. From the popping sounds of snapping shrimp to the piercin…

Lawmakers, union leaders and education officials say shifting programs out of the department risks losing expertise, adding bureaucracy and weakening support for students and families.

The agency is looking to deploy its new Oracle Health EHR near simultaneously at four Michigan medical facilities in April 2026.

Paris, Dec 1 – More than six hundred experts appointed to the three Working Groups of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are gathering in Paris this week to commence work on the first draft of IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). This is the first time in IPCC’s history that the…

How can communities prepare for the adverse conditions that climate change is bringing our way? A recent report from the Regional Plan Association, a nonprofit research organization working to enhance quality of life in the New York City area, has taken a whack at answering that question. By analyzi…

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News, Borderless, Ensia, Planet Detroit, Sahan Journal, and Wisconsin Watch, as well as the Guardian and Inside Climate News. The project was supported by the Joyce Foundation. You can read the launch stor…

At first glance, one might consider it good news: The volume of electronic waste recycled is growing. At a closer look, the statistics are less savory: E-waste generation is accelerating five times faster. In The Global E-Waste Monitor 2024, released in March, the United Nations Institute for Traini…

For the past decade and a half, a team led by Cambridge University conservation biologist William Sutherland has engaged scientists and practitioners from around the world in a unique annual activity: conducting a horizon scan to identify the top emerging technological, political, economic and relat…

Growth raises concerns about underwriting and risk management at fast-expanding groups

Amid claims of AudioBoom share price manipulation, a judge found Bonnier lied to secure investment from Nick Candy

Common design requirements would boost competitiveness by lowering costs and increasing efficiency

BlackRock and shipping group MSC consider walking away from talks

So, I have some really exciting news – this blog is evolving. After 18 excellent months at WordPress, I am packing up and moving over to ScienceBlogs, a collection of some of the best, er… science blogs on the Interweb. I want to assure current readers that the blog is not going to change, (well, [……

I moved to ScienceBlogs earlier this year. If you want to catch up on what you missed, buy my new book and get 80 of the best blog posts from the last year. From Mexican-waving bees to snow-making bacteria, from the neuroscience of jazz to the psychology of voting, the book covers some of the […]

The trio recorded “Sold Out” to benefit Everytown, the gun violence prevention organization

Cast members also impersonated Cameron Winter, Kate Bush, Björk, and more

The Bronx rapper had been found guilty of attempted murder and racketeering charges in March

This is the third in a series of stories about research on common thresher sharks led by the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life.
The post Tale of the Whiptail: Unlocking Mysteries of Common Thresher Shark Movements appeared first on New England Aquarium.

I feel like an outsider.

I don’t think he knows his family told me the truth.

Spotify is reportedly investigating how much music Anna’s Archive scraped.

To violate the 22nd Amendment would be to discard the wisdom of those who sought to preserve U.S. democracy against the last rising tide of authoritarianism.
The post No Indispensable Man: The Democratic Foundation of the 22nd Amendment appeared first on Just Security.

A timeline that chronicles major events in the Trump administration’s campaign of lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific.
The post Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions appeared first on Just Security.

On 17 December, two Galileo satellites will be launched on Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in the 14th operational launch of the Galileo programme. These satellites will improve the precision, availability and robustness of the Galileo system by adding spares to guarantee the syste…

Spain’s grid operator, Red Eléctrica, proudly declared that electricity demand across the country’s peninsular system was met entirely by renewable energy sources for the first time on a weekday, on 16 April 2025.Just 12 days later, at 12.33 p.m. on Monday, 28 April, Spain and Portugal’s grids colla…

Join Stephen Cass, Dina Genkina, and Kohava Mendelsohn as they discuss whether AI spells the end of distinct programming languages as we know it. IEEE Spectrum publishes a respected annual ranking of the year’s Top Programming Languages—but could this year be our last? This recording of the live web…

A 30-year-old man has been given a suspended prison sentence after admitting to operating an illegal waste site on rural land in Northumberland, following a long-running investigation by the Environment Agency. A Northumberland man who dumped waste illegally on his land has been sentenced at court a…

A new technique developed at the University of Helsinki uses fatty acids, hydrogen peroxide and visible light to dissolve and recover silver from waste, offering a safer alternative to conventional cyanide-based recycling. Researchers in Finland have demonstrated a new method for recycling silver th…

Scientists say a new chemical recycling method could convert everyday plastic waste into key ingredients used in cancer medicines, potentially reducing reliance on fossil-based materials.
The post Plastic waste could be turned into anti-cancer drugs, researchers say appeared first on Circular Online…

Stats show continued progress away from landfill in Northern Ireland, but little movement in recycling rates
The post Northern Ireland recycling rate stagnates as Energy from Waste expands, Daera figures show appeared first on Circular Online.

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Prevent cloud infrastructure issues before they impact your business with AWS Support plans that combine AI-powered insights with expert guidance, offering faster response times and proactive monitoring across performance, security, and cost dimensions.

New service acts as an always-on DevOps engineer, helping you respond to incidents, identify root causes, and prevent future issues through systematic analysis of incidents and operational patterns.

What inspired you to study marine mammals? MC: Ever since my childhood growing up in Spain, I’ve been interested in animals. Once a chair went missing in our house, and my parents found it on the roof because I had been sitting up there, observing cats moving across the houses. I’ve been especially …

Standing in the harbor of California’s Marina del Rey on a cool day in January 2005, actor and Oceana Board Member Ted Danson smashed a bottle of champagne to celebrate Oceana’s new “eyes and ears in the oceans”: a freshly-painted, double-masted ship christened the Oceana Ranger. Today, despite bein…

This week Oceana’s Board of Directors approved the launch of operations in Ghana — West Africa’s third-largest fishing nation — where we will campaign alongside coastal communities to rebuild fish populations, increase vital nutrition, and strengthen livelihoods. Today, we begin the search for Ocean…

The European Space Agency (ESA) reacted promptly to the discovery of comet 3I/ATLAS on 1 July 2025. Soon after they were alerted to its existence by automated detection systems, ESA astronomers began using ground-based telescopes in Hawaii, Chile, and Australia to monitor its progress.Since then, th…

Though the forced distribution of performance ratings is “categorically prohibited” under current rules, federal agencies already appear to be adopting the system, before the proposal has even been announced.

Much of the discussion in oral arguments for three separate lawsuits revolved around whether an administrative board could hear unions’ legal claims and whether President Trump used a faulty definition of 'national security' when he devised two executive orders banning unions at most federal agencie…

With limited public notice, the US Army Corps of Engineers has placed a new option on the table for the future of the Line 5 pipeline as it prepares to make a high-profile permitting decision about the pipeline’s fate. Rather than replacing the 4-mile stretch of Line 5 that currently rests in the op…

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration between Ensia and Egab exploring environmental efforts by communities facing potentially more urgent concerns such as war and poverty. Egab is a media startup that helps young local journalists from across the Middle East and Africa get published …

Editor’s note: This story is part of a collaboration between Ensia and Egab exploring environmental efforts by communities facing potentially more urgent concerns such as war and poverty. Egab is a media startup that helps young local journalists from across the Middle East and Africa get published …

Cultural hurdles can be just as hard to get over as regulatory ones

It’s a familiar scene – the wee hours of the morning are ticking away and your head is bent over a stack of notes, desperately trying to cram as much knowledge into your head before the test in the morning. Because of the way our education system works, this process of hard studying has become […]

The spinal column that runs down your back is an identity badge that signifies your membership among the vertebrates – animals with backbones. Vertebrates have arguably the most complex bodies and genomes of any animal group and certainly, our lineage has come a long way from its last common ancesto…

One of two alleged killers has been acquitted

Mariah Carey’s holiday classic achieved a record-breaking 20th week at the top

The accuser had won an appeal in 2023

In their own statement, the band’s other members confirmed they had parted ways with Farrell

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the blue dwarf galaxy Markarian 178 (Mrk 178) against a backdrop of distant galaxies in all shapes and sizes. Some of these distant galaxies even shine through the diffuse edges of Mrk 178.

The Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 73 NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky aboard, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025.

The Line 5 pipeline has already leaked over 1 million gallons of oil to date and threatens the Great Lakes. Time is running out to stop one company’s dangerous plans to keep the oil flowing.
The post An Oil Pipeline is Threatening the Great Lakes appeared first on Earthjustice.

EVs are now operating from 65 post offices across the U.S., followed by years of public pressure and Earthjustice litigation.
The post Electric Postal Service Vehicles Deliver Holiday Cheer and Clean Air appeared first on Earthjustice.

15 years after one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history, the Trump administration is illegally selling off nearly 80 million acres of public waters in the Gulf for oil and gas drilling.
The post Trump’s Ocean Drilling Sale Risks Another Disaster for Gulf Communities — We’re Suing appeared first o…