Almost Live From New York: The Robots Are Coming to Take Your Jobs Away!
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The perceptive among you have already recognized the subtle hints that I am no longer in Irvine. I’m in New York, and at the moment I feel like I’ve spent a day walking through soup. But I’m sure a quick shower will make me feel…
The Key to Saving the Planet Could Be This Middle-School Math Concept
VCG via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Grist. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A scientist and a diplomat walked into the Global Climate Action Summit on Thursday and unveiled a roadmap for keeping the world at a low simmer. Things look…
Hurricane Florence Is Absolutely Soaking the Carolinas—and It’s a Harbinger of Storms to Come
Flood waters from the Trent River inundate a park in Pollocksville, North Carolina after Hurricane Florence made landfall on September 14. Logan Cyrus/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina Friday, significantly raising sea levels in the Outer Banks and creating a “life-threatening inland…
Paul Manafort Will Give Robert Mueller “Complete Cooperation,” His Attorney Says
Paul Manafort defense lawyer Richard Westling, at federal court in Washington, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018.Dana Verkouteren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. By the time Paul Manafort entered a packed courtroom on the second floor of the E. Barrett Prettyman US Courthouse in Washington at around 11 a.m. on Friday, everyone knew he was going…
You’ll Want to Blast This Defiant Late-Summer Anthem All Weekend
(E News/AdMedia/Kathy Hutchins) Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. There’s a new weekly series for you over on our Instagram feed, “Friday Find.” Each week, we’ll spotlight a song, artist, or record we have on repeat as the weekend blasts off, in a bid to introduce emerging, diverse acts to your…
This Nuclear Power Plant Is Designed Like Fukushima—and Florence Is Heading Straight for It
Rolf Schulten/ullstein bild via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by Wired. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On March 11, 2011, a one-two, earthquake-tsunami punch knocked out the safety systems at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, triggering an explosion of hydrogen gas and meltdowns…