How Trump’s ‘gold standard’ politicizes federal science
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
June 5, 2025 • ~10 min
A new observatory is assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the night sky ever
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will capture enough detail to see a golf ball from 25km away.
June 5, 2025 • ~6 min
How your electric bill may be paying for big data centers’ energy use
If state regulators allow utilities to follow the standard approach of splitting the costs of new infrastructure among all consumers, the public will end up paying for data centers’ power.
June 5, 2025 • ~8 min
Supreme Court changes the game on federal environmental reviews
For lawyers, industry, advocates and the courts, environmental review after the Eagle County decision is not just a new ballgame. It is a new sport.
June 3, 2025 • ~11 min
Robots run out of energy long before they run out of work to do − feeding them could change that
Even the best batteries fall far short of animal metabolism for energy storage. Fueling robots with ‘food’ could narrow the gap.
June 2, 2025 • ~9 min
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