Companies like GFL Environmental and WM have made major investments in Ontario’s new EPR for packaging model, but the province may contend with transition growing pains after it starts on Jan. 1.

OHSU researchers found that getting at least seven hours of sleep each night can improve how you feel and help you live longer. A full night of sleep may be far more important than many people realize. New research from Oregon Health & Science University indicates that regularly falling short on sle…

New research sharpens understanding of the hidden symmetry in a mysterious superconductor. Superconductors are materials that allow electrical current to flow without any resistance, a property that typically appears only at extremely low temperatures. While most known superconductors follow establi…

From AI smart cameras that describe your pet's actions to a smart door that knows when they want to go outside, these are the best pet gadgets of 2025.

"A calorie-neutral, drug-free, low-cost, readily available tool for when we need a boost in performance.”

Solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid.

"If we build these platforms well, we get to ask new questions about what's possible in orbit."

Major research institution dismissed as a source of "climate alarmism."

We didn't start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.)

Attack was aimed at what Riyadh called a shipment of weapons for separatists backed by UAEThe United Arab Emirates has said it will withdraw its remaining forces in Yemen after tensions with Saudi Arabia escalated over a sweeping offensive by UAE-backed separatists.The Emirati defence ministry annou…

Border guards say they found ship with anchor lowered into sea after detection of fault in Helsinki-Tallinn telecoms link Finnish authorities have boarded and seized a cargo vessel sailing from Russia on suspicion of sabotaging two underwater telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea, where a seri…

George Conway, the prominent Republican lawyer-turned-prolific critic of President Trump, filed paperwork Monday to run for an open U.S. House seat in New York as a Democrat.Why it matters: Conway is one of several candidates with a large online presence and national profile running to succeed retir…

Data: The Washington Post; Note: County level data unavailable for Delaware, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, West Virginia and Wyoming; Map: Jacque Schrag/AxiosThe battle against infectious diseases like the flu and measles has taken a hit with sinking vaccination rates for children in many par…

Tory Bruno, the longtime chief of the launch provider United Launch Alliance (ULA) has joined the competition at Blue Origin.

Another year has reached its conclusion. That can only mean one thing: the
time has come to take a look back at the
predictions we made in January and evaluate just how badly they turned
out. Much to our surprise, not all of our predictions were entirely
accurate. It has been a wild year in the L…

Nate Graham looks
back at how 2025 went for the KDE project.


Today Plasma is the default desktop environment in a bunch of the
hottest new gaming-focused distros, including Bazzite, CachyOS,
Garuda, Nobara, and of course SteamOS on Valve's gaming
devices. Fedora's Plasma edition was also promo…

At the end of their lives, most satellites fall to their death. Many of the smaller ones, including most of those going up as part of the “mega-constellations” currently under construction, are intended to burn up in the atmosphere. This Design for Demise (D4D) principle has unintended consequences,…

California's San Francisco Bay Area surrounded by the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, and their suburbs, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Golden State on Aug. 3, 2025.

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U.K. police ended their investigation due to “insufficient evidence”

It's only been three years since ChatGPT leaped onto the world stage, but artificial intelligence is now becoming an integral part of daily life. The technology has been integrated into search engines, social media apps and online shopping sites, but also shaken financial markets. Here's a look back…

New Zealand has opened the New Years ceremonies as always with an impressive display. Story by Ludovic de Foucaud and Emily Boyle.

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The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:03 CET (18:03 local time) on board an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The Sentinel-1 mission delivers high-resolution radar im…

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…

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An unlikely partnership could allow Tokyo and Seoul to counter China.

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

Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band, Sharp Pins, S.G. Goodman, L’Rain, and others will take the stage in Massachusetts next year

The guitarist and keyboardist joined the band in 1990

When a piece of debris hits another object in space, it can also create more space debris, adding to the problem.