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A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow
MPR News· 3 hours agoWhen Donald Trump held a town hall recently in Phoenix, 11 people were treated for heat exhaustion amid record 113-degree temperatures. For years, Trump has cast doubt on the scientific consensus ...
The horrors of hot weather: How the body dies from heat
The Independent via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoAt least 270 million people in the US experienced a heat wave this week. Experts say everyone is...
Could AI Achieve General Intelligence, and What Would That Even Mean?
Scientific American· 3 hours agoTo hear companies such as ChatGPT’s OpenAI tell it, artificial general intelligence, or AGI, is the ultimate goal of machine learning and AI research. In 1970 computer scientist Marvin Minsky ...
A Climate-Focused Film Studio Takes Root in Ojai
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoTwo llamas are bounding up a small hill in Ojai, drawn to the sounds of filmmaker Rebecca Tickell yelling in a high-pitched voice, “Rama! Yoda!” Tickell...
Record Labels Sue Two Startups for Training AI Models on Their Songs
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 20 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- The world’s biggest record labels are suing two artificial intelligence startups,...
UArizona, ASU among top universities worldwide in U.S. News & World Report - Phoenix Business...
The Business Journals· 10 hours agoArizona’s two largest public institutions both ranked in the top 10% of global universities,...
A place of hope: How a school garden brought Woodville community together
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn learning about the environment and caring for an endangered species, fifth-grade students used...
How Sticky Is Dense Nuclear Matter?
Newswise· 1 day agoColliding heavy atomic nuclei together creates a fluidlike soup of visible matter’s fundamental building blocks, quarks and gluons. Theorists have performed the first systematic study of whether ...
For Child Care Workers, State Aid For Their Own Kids’ Care Is ‘Life-Changing’
The 74 via Yahoo News· 5 days agoSMITHFIELD, R.I. — Child care worker Marci Then, 32, looked over at two 4-year-olds in her care who...
Solar is growing faster than any electricity source as Big Tech seeks clean energy for data centers
CNBC· 6 days agoIn 2023, Texas led the nation in solar installations on its power grid, surpassing California for...