Scientists use fungi to produce programmable ‘living textiles’
Fast fashion drastically changed the world by making clothes cheaper and more affordable than ever, but it came with a huge environmental cost. This has pushed scientists to look for…
Data centers are everywhere. Here’s what they’re doing to the planet.
As data centers multiply to meet AI demand, they’re straining power grids, draining water supplies, and reshaping the land and air around them.
Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026)
Today’s links Preparing for a post-Trump internet: You’d better hope it’s also a post-American internet. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Barnum and Bailey v journalism; Wired’s…
Balancing tried-and-tested against future innovation – a strategy for boosting earlier cancer diagnosis
Earlier diagnosis is central to the National Cancer Plan’s ambition to improve cancer survival. But delivering that ambition will require a careful balance between promising innovation and tried-and-tested approaches.
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Why Did the “Urgency of Normal” Stop Caring Care About the Mental, Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Health of our Children?
Genuine concern is consistent concern, and the silence from the Urgency of Normal about literally everything happening today is clarifying.
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Country diary: A stranded traveller that looks more plastic than animal | Elizabeth-Jane Burnett
Appledore, Devon: By-the-wind sailors have been washed up in great numbers this summer. I stumble on a single one of these bright blue beautiesAmid the hot grit of the estuarine…
‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisisThe El Niño climate phenomenon is “supersizing…
APOD: 2026 September 3 – The Eclipse and the Stork
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 3 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos!…
Peatland Fires Darken Skies in Indonesia
With Indonesia gripped by drought, fires are smoldering on the surface and underground.
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There’s a quick way to slow climate change. Why isn’t everyone doing it? – podcast
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas that traps more than 80 times as much heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period and causes 25% of global heating today. We…