The Midwest’s grid operator reversed course on a key transmission project, marking a victory for Wisconsin’s largest transmission developer.

Chinese vessels are mapping the sea floor at strategically vital regions of the world's oceans, building detailed knowledge ...

In August 2025 an analyst at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report broke down the proposed Texas and California redistricting maps for the 2026 midterm elections. Illustration: Ryan Trefes The Supreme ...

Christopher Hernandez received funding from the National Science Foundation (grant number SPRF 1715009) for the lidar work in Puerto Bello Metzabok. Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at ...

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.

The big picture: Nonprofit research institute Epoch AI is building one of the most detailed public records of America's data center boom. Using open-source intelligence ranging from high-resolution ...

California is giving residents a new tool that should make it easier for them to limit data brokers’ ability to store and sell their personal information. While state residents have had the right to ...

A divided Frederick County Council voted on Tuesday to adopt a 2,615-acre data center overlay map near Adamstown. The map will govern where data centers can be built. The map, known as a Critical ...

Store loyalty programs used to be simple: You’d get a punch card at a local sub shop, buy eight sandwiches and get your ninth for free. It felt like a transparent “thank you” for your business. But ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

Africa’s official maps are stuck in the past, often either outdated, incomplete—or both. But governments don’t have the budgets to fix them, making it difficult to complete projects as complex as ...