Backlash over data centers tests Europe’s AI ambitions
Massive data centers needed to run AI are triggering protests across Europe. Their operators counter that they boost digital sovereignty and energy independence.
3D-printed Martian mud homes look critical for life beyond Earth
The future where humans colonize Mars is fast approaching. A future with self-sustaining biospheres, autonomous rovers, helicopters with rotors that break the sound barrier, and – perhaps – mud houses….
What is El Niño, what causes it and can we reduce the risks?
This year’s ‘godzilla’ climate phenomenon has already broken temperature records. We ask a climate scientist what is happeningThis year’s huge El Niño, which comes less than two years since the…
Country diary: I’m virtually living in the woods now. Wildlife is everywhere | Kate Bradbury
Lewes, East Sussex: Owls, bats, badgers and countless birds are my new neighbours, but I’ve been particularly taken by a mystery tree – and its resident treecreeperI have made the…
APOD: 2026 September 26 – Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 September 26 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each…
Hacks by autonomous AI agents raise thorny questions of legal accountability
What happens when the hackers aren’t human? That’s the question at the center of a public policy debate following disclosures by leading tech companies that their AI models went rogue…
How much privacy is left in an age of surveillance?
We are all being watched in ways we never imagined, including vehicle tracking, facial recognition technology and data mining. What does all this digital surveillance mean for the right to…
How much privacy is left in an age of surveillance?
We are all being watched in ways we never imagined, including vehicle tracking, facial recognition technology and data mining. What does all this digital surveillance mean for the right to…
News Wrap: Xi wraps up 3-day state visit with Trump
In our news wrap Friday, Chinese President Xi wrapped up a three-day state visit with President Trump that was heavy on pageantry and light on policy announcements, tens of millions…
The NFL Will Tolerate Abuse, But Not Activism
Do you think it’s a good sign when the owners of a sports franchise must release a statement saying they are “aware and empathetic to the highly personal sentiments expressed…