Starlink has launched home Internet service to 99.5% of residents in the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ) after a multi-year collaboration with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory to minimize interference with radio telescopes. “The vast majority of people within the areas of Virginia and West Virginia collectively known as the Read more…
The world’s largest renewable energy and transmission project has received key approval from government officials. Solar power from Australia will be carried 2,672 miles (4,300 kilometers) to Singapore over undersea cables in what’s being called the Australia-Asia Power Link project. SunCable aims to produce 6 gigawatts of electricity at a Read more…
Climate scientists who were mocked and gaslighted after speaking up about their fears for the future have said acknowledging strong emotions is vital to their work. The researchers said these feelings should not be suppressed in an attempt to reach supposed objectivity. Seeing climate experts’ fears and opinions about the Read more…
Norway plans to enforce a strict minimum social media age of 15 to protect children from harmful content and the influence of algorithms. The Guardian reports: The Scandinavian country already has a minimum age limit of 13 in place. Despite this, more than half of nine-year-olds, 58% of 10-year-olds and Read more…
EVs are still winning. But they haven’t won yet; only 4% of the global passenger car fleet, 23% of the bus fleet, and less than 1% of delivery trucks are electrified. But at this point I think the writing is on the wall. The phenomenon of a superior technology displacing Read more…
Cuba’s electrical grid shut down again early Saturday, leaving the island without electricity after authorities tried but failed to restore power following an earlier nationwide blackout on Friday. The island’s Electric Union reported a second “total outage” at 6:15 a.m., just hours after officials reported they had restored power in Read more…
Brandon Barrett arrived here two weeks ago, sick but hopeful, like dozens before him. Just a few years back, he could dead lift 660 pounds. After an injury while training to be a professional dirt-bike rider, he opened a motorcycle shop just north of Buffalo. When he wasn’t working, he Read more…