How one controversial startup hopes to cool the planet
Stardust Solutions believes that it can solve climate change—for a price. The Israel-based geoengineering startup has said it expects nations will soon pay it more than a billion dollars a…
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Amazon workers warn ‘warp-speed’ AI push threatens democracy and the planet
A growing number of Amazon employees have signed onto an open letter issuing some dire warnings about the company’s sprint toward AI. The letter, signed by more than 1,000 workers and…
Possible New 'Earth 2.0' Found Just 18 Light-Years Away: Is This Our Next Planet?
A planet has been found by astronomers at the University of California, Irvine that orbits within the "habitable zone" of its parent star, an area where temperatures may permit the surface…
The Download: planet hunting, and India’s e-scooters
The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The Trump administration has laid off thousands of federal…
An Earthling’s guide to planet hunting
But there’s another way over these hurdles. At her lab among the redwoods, Jensen-Clem and her students experiment with new technologies and software to help Keck’s primary honeycomb…
Brompton wants you to ride for yourself, and planet Earth
The manufacturing process is designed to cut waste at every stage, and its bicycle rims are mostly made from recycled aluminium MARKS and Spencer, that icon of British middle-class…
Water scarcity is the first signal of a warming planet
Climate change has many signals—rising sea levels, melting glaciers, stronger storms—but the first and most immediate sign for most people on the planet is water. Not too much of it. Not…
On Planet Earth, Obama Can’t Be Indicted. But We Live on Planet Trump.
A normal prosecutor would think of things like: But who will have testimony against him? Who will say they saw him do X thing? Fair questions to be asked, in a democratic society. But…
This planet is drawing huge flares from its young star
Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close to a young star—a predicament never previously observed. This exoplanet, as planets…
Buying green won’t save the planet: How some companies are bucking the trend of sustainable consumption
An irony of mainstream corporate sustainability efforts is that they focus significantly on the power of consumption. H&M promotes its “Conscious Collection” that uses organic cotton or…
Here’s Why Bollywood Star Shah Rukh Khan’s Experience At The Met Gala Offended Like, Half The Planet
Shah Rukh Khan's Met Gala Interview Outraged Fans Monday’s Met Gala was historic for a number of reasons. If you missed it, the all-Black co-chair cohort and host committee was one major…
Jeremy Irons, Vanessa Redgrave and Michael York Join Animated Sci-Fi Adventure ‘The Crystal Planet,’ Sold by Sola Media (EXCLUSIVE)
Jeremy Irons, Vanessa Redgrave and Michael York have joined the voice cast of 3D animated family sci-fi adventure “The Crystal Planet,” which is being sold in Cannes by Sola Media. The…
Creator of the Original ‘Bad Sisters,’ Malin-Sarah Gozin Talks Canneseries Hot Ticket ‘Dead End’: ‘What if We’re the Serial Killers of Our Planet?’
Looking for an original crime series? In “Dead End,” a potential standout at this week’s Canneseries, sleuth Ed Bex is able to glimpse a dead person’s final moments by licking or even…
Venus, Saturn planet parade will make a rare smiley face with the crescent moon: Best time to see April 2025 triple conjunction
Rare cosmic events can feel like being smiled down upon from up above. However, on the morning of April 25, an actual smiley face will appear in the sky—kind of. Venus, Saturn, and the…
What Is Skull Hill? NASA's Mars Rover Spots Mystery Skull-Shape Feature on Red Planet While Scientists Believe Doesn't Belong There
NASA's Mars rover has come across a bizarre and intriguing feature — a mysterious skull-like formation perched on a slope that space experts and enthusiasts claim doesn't belong to that…
Oscar Predictions: Visual Effects — ‘Dune 2’ and ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Battle in Close Race Following VES Awards
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys,…
Don't Bother Going Vegan to Save the Planet. Do This Instead
How effective can one person's actions be in fighting climate change and keeping the environment healthy? As a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on energy…
Spacecraft makes final flyby of smallest planet in solar system
A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has made its final flyby of Mercury, as scientists now work to guide BepiColombo into the…
2024 was the hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA confirm
Amid a week of horrifying wildfires in Los Angeles, government agencies in the U.S. and around the world confirmed Friday that 2024 was the planet’s hottest year since recordkeeping began…