technology
California’s EV wave highlights the challenges ahead for utilities
As much as $20 billion in upgrades will be required, but the electric vehicle transition could still reduce rates statewide.
Read MoreMicrosoft employees spent years fighting the tech giant’s oil ties. Now, they’re speaking out.
Inside the worker-led effort to get the world’s most valuable company to stop helping the oil and gas industry drill.
Read MoreThe surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia’s water
The commonwealth is home to the data center capital of the world. Can it handle AI’s thirst?
Read MoreNASA Names Finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge
NASA has selected the nine finalists of the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. NASA selected nine finalists out of the 45 semifinalist student essays in the Power to Explore Challenge, a national competition for K-12 students featuring the enabling power of radioisotopes. Contestants were […]
Read MoreWhat happened when climate deniers met an AI chatbot?
A study suggests there could be an unexpected upside to ChatGPT’s popularity.
Read MoreApple uses software to control how phones get fixed. Lawmakers are pushing back.
New right-to-repair laws take aim at “parts pairing,” a practice that undermines independent repair shops and creates e-waste.
Read MoreThe rise of ‘dadvocacy’? Inside Seattle’s first Climate Papa playdate
Parents want to do something about climate change. But figuring it out isn’t easy.
Read MoreShaigh Sisk: Keeping the Wheels Turning in Projects and Pottery
Project support specialist Shaigh Sisk helps keep things running in Goddard’s Exploration and Space Communications Projects division – and in her free time, she keeps the pottery wheel turning, fusing science and art in her creations.
Read MoreCleaning up aluminum will be critical to a low-carbon future
As demand for aluminum grows, a new report calls for tighter pollution controls and more recycling.
Read MoreThink apartment-hunting is frustrating? Try doing it with an electric car.
As the US switches to EVs, apartment-dwellers struggle to plug in.
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