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Scientists are forecasting 11 North Atlantic hurricanes this year, five of them being major. Heres whats turning the storms into increasingly dangerous behemoths.
China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement.
Britains former climate adviser says the countrys future plans are weak, climate protests are no longer helpful, and working closely with Big Oil is a jarring necessity.
Climate change is increasing the number of days people are exposed to hazardous pollution, affecting already disadvantaged communities the most.
In the first procedure of its kind, a 54-year-old New Jersey woman received a genetically engineered pig kidney and thymus after getting a heart pump.
Sales of vegan meat are trending downward in the US, with companies scrambling to win back customers.
Amsterdam is experimenting with roofs that not only grow plants but capture water for a buildings residents. Welcome to the squeezable sponge city of tomorrow.
Mathematicians are using topological abstractions to find places poorly served by polling stations.
In an unprecedented deal, a private company purchased land in a tiny Arizona townand sold its water rights to a suburb 200 miles away. Local residents fear the agreement has opened Pandoras box.
The world is already committed to warming that will undercut the global economy by 20 percent between now and 2050. Thats six times the price of limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius.
Space law just got a little more complicated.
After months of secrecy, Neuralink revealed that the partner site for its brain implant study is the Barrow Neurological Institute.