Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest
During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics begins in equatorial Asia and continues in the central and eastern Amazon.
‘I am still a child, it cannot be good to be married’: how drought forces Afghan families to sell girls as brides
As climate breakdown pushes families to starvation, many feel forced to ‘sacrifice’ daughters to save siblings. Photographer Elise Blanchard travelled the country speaking to girls as young as eight, 10…
A perfect storm: how the super El Niño is devastating the fishing industry
Peru’s anchoveta have made up about a 10th of the entire global commercial fishing catch since 1970, more than any other fish. A combination of warming seas and decades-long overfishing…
We’re Asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to End Warrantless ALPR Searches
Today, EFF joined the ACLU of Wisconsin in filing a petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court, asking it to rule that the state’s constitution requires a warrant for retrospective searches…
The Opioid Crisis Looms Over Michigan’s Senate Race
One of the most important things I’ve learned in my experience with opioid addiction, and later recovery, is the virtue of honesty. Most people in recovery will tell you it’s…
DHS Inspector General Finds That TSA is Not Properly Safeguarding Passenger Facial Recognition Data
EFF legal intern Gabrielle Ladun was the principal author of this post.
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) has published a summary of findings from its…
Celebrating 2026 Internet Archive Artist in Residence: Christopher Burch
Written by VITA HEWITT “Echoes of Absence and Mythos: The Un-Archivists of Shitocracy” comes straight from the hands of artist Christopher Burch and opens on October 17 at Incline Gallery….
NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101
NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the International Space Station during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 20,…
NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students
Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney as they answer prerecorded STEM questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at…
Could AI ‘change the stakes’ in the development of bioweapons?
Experts say the technology could help terrorists and nation states with production but that significant hurdles remainIn his annual speech on threats to the nation, Sir Ken McCallum, the head…