USA Today

Wind, solar power face a common foe — creative local governments

Efforts to block wind and solar energy have grown along with advances in the technology, especially since 2021. USA TODAY’s analysis found by the end of 2025, 24% of counties nationwide had some ...
The New York Times

Using bat speed, swing shape to find potential MLB breakout stars

Jac Caglianone struggled in his MLB debut last season but his swing metrics hint at a better sophomore campaign. Geoff Stellfox / Getty Images The tools are new. Mistakes will be made as we try to ...

Planning Titan entry? New lab tests flag nitrogen-driven heat shield debris risks

Heat shields are designed to protect the surface and cargo of a spacecraft as it enters an atmosphere. Aerospace engineers in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois ...
The New York Times

Mamdani to Use New Power to Speed Up Housing Development in the Bronx

Projects that used to take as much as seven months to get approved can now move forward in as little as 90 days. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking advantage. By Mihir Zaveri New York voters gave Mayor ...
USA Today

Pregis Expands Wind Energy Use, Advancing Progress Toward Net Zero by 2040

CHICAGO, Mar. 5, 2026 / PRZen / Pregis ®, a global supplier of protective packaging, mailing and bagging solutions and flexible packaging continues to progress toward its 2040 net-zero commitment by ...
The Daily Telegraph

Flying Roos skipper Tom Slingsby on the SailGP’s need for speed and the new Holy Grail

London Olympic champion and multiple world sailor of the year Slingsby and his Bonds Flying Roo crew this month gave the boundaries of sailing technology a big shove during the Auckland SailGP when ...
The Verge

Yep, it’s fast: Donut Lab’s solid-state battery gets its first test result

The Finnish startup’s pack can charge from 0 to 80 percent in under 5 minutes, according to its first independent test. The Finnish startup’s pack can charge from 0 to 80 percent in under 5 minutes, ...
Cleveland.com

Three waves of reaction to our AI experiment: Letter from the Editor

I don’t write often about reactions I receive to columns, but I think you’ll be interested in the three-act drama that followed my piece last week on how we’re using artificial intelligence to cover ...
TechCrunch

Sam Altman would like to remind you that humans use a lot of energy, too

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI’s environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The Indian Express. For one thing, Altman — who was in India for a major AI ...
London Evening Standard

Residents in south London use speed gun to send over 1,000 recordings of speeding cars to the Met Police

A group of residents, led by husband and wife Susannah and Donald Miller, first raised their concerns to Bromley Council in 2019. This eventually resulted in a 30mph speed activated sign being ...
ZDNet

The right way to run an internet speed test (and how I use the results for better Wi-Fi)

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...
ZDNet

Google Maps vs. Waze: I compared the two best navigation apps, and this one's better

I wore the world's first HDR10 smart glasses TCL's new E Ink tablet beats the Remarkable and Kindle Anker's new charger is one of the most unique I've ever seen Best laptop cooling pads Best flip ...