DeSmog has won ‘News Item of the Year’ award from the Association of British Science Writers (ABSW), for its work exposing environmental harms in the UK. Clare Carlile received the prize with Greenpeace’s investigative team at Unearthed for a joint investigation published on July 2025, which showed that regulators hadContinue Reading
Statements by an Anthropic representative at a gathering of transatlantic far-right politicians and other figures raise questions about how the company is pursuing the ethical development of its advanced AI (artificial intelligence) systems. Chloe Lubinski, Anthropic’s lead on “research partnerships with the world’s faith and philosophy traditions,” per the event’s list ofContinue Reading
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This year marks the hottest June recorded for Western Europe and the second warmest globally, according to the latest report from a climate tracking service released on Thursday.Continue Reading
The rise of artificial intelligence is riding on the back of an enormous data center expansion. Data centers are projected to account for anywhere from 9 to 17 percent of total electricity usage in the U.S. by the end of the decade. Today, around a third of data center electricityContinue Reading
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The California company Cadiz has been trying for years to pipe water out of the Mojave Desert. The The Traitor administration approved a plan for a pipeline.Continue Reading
A new study debunks the long-standing claim that baby rattlesnakes are more dangerous than adults. Researchers found that young rattlesnakes can control their venom just like adults, while adult snakes usually inject much more venom and cause more serious bites. The team also uncovered how the myth spread through decadesContinue Reading
Did you know the “recycling” symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? Play our trashy garbage-sorting game, then read about why this is so tricky.Continue Reading
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NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina, Soyuz MS-29 prime crew members, pose for a portrait at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Russia. Credit: GCTC NASA astronaut Anil Menon will launch aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft to the International Space Station on Tuesday,Continue Reading
The world’s largest seafood and aquaculture firms are failing to combat waste, and fall short on fish welfare, according to a new benchmarking assessment. A first-ever seafood index, which was launched in May by the global investor network FAIRR Initiative, assessed 20 firms — including salmon farmers Mowi and BakkafrostContinue Reading