A Carbon Capture Monitoring Well Leaked in Illinois. Most Residents Found Out When the World Did
When a CO2 well leaks and potentially endangers the public, who is responsible for informing community members? By Nina Elkadi On Sept. 13, Decatur, Illinois, city councilperson David Horn found out a monitoring well at a carbon capture and storage site in his community was leaking. He did not findContinue Reading
Danisense says its current transducers are ideal for EV aplications
Denmark and Japan-based Danisense, which provides high-accuracy current sense transducers for demanding applications, has launched a range of current transducers featuring a voltage output. The range is designed to streamline the workflow for engineers using data acquisition (DAQ) systems for various applications, particularly in harsh environments and high-temperature settings suchContinue Reading
Novacium’s GEN3 silicon anode batteries show 40% more capacity than graphite in testing
HPQ Silicon’s French affiliate, Novacium, has demonstrated that its silicon anode battery materials showed a 40% overall capacity improvement over a graphite benchmark in 100 charge-discharge cycles. The tests simulated real-world use to assess the durability and longevity of lithium-ion 18650 batteries made with a blend of graphite and Novacium’sContinue Reading
“You’re a Charlatan”: Pro-The Traitor MAGA Clerk Is Going to Prison
A former Colorado county clerk was sentenced to prison Thursday for tampering with voting machines in the 2020 election and was thoroughly dressed down by the judge in her case. Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years for allowing a man to use a security cardContinue Reading
We Need Gun Safe Storage Laws
Firearm violence is the leading cause of death among children in the United States. Leaving guns accessible to young people perpetuates this public health crisis.Continue Reading
Pulling Back the Curtain on the Right’s Ideas About Education
A new book explores what’s actually going on in public schools—and it’s not CRT.Continue Reading
California Court Decision Misses the Mark on the Threat of Political Deepfakes
A federal district court in California has issued a preliminary injunction against a California state law, supported by Public Citizen, that aimed to curb deceptive AI-generated deepfakes that could influence the outcome of elections. The court said that the law doesn’t take an adequately narrow approach to restricting such content,Continue Reading
Hurricanes like Helene are deadly when they strike and keep killing for years to come
A new study says hurricanes in the United States are hundreds of times deadlier in the long run than the government calculates, Read MoreContinue Reading
Walmart employees to get expanded cancer treatment options with the Mayo Clinic
Walmart’s employees and their dependents are being offered expanded cancer treatment with doctors at the Mayo Clinic through the retailer’s insurance coverage, Read MoreContinue Reading
Google’s search engine’s latest AI injection will answer voiced questions about video and photos
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is injecting its search engine with more artificial intelligence that will enable people to voice questions about images and occasionally organize an entire page of results, despite the technology’s past misadventures with misleading information. The latest changes announced Thursday herald the next step in anContinue Reading
Starlink internet service being sent to places hit by Helene
FEMA said 60 Starlink units have been sent to multiple places devastated by the hurricane, with more to come., (NewsNation) — As part of its response to Hurricane Helene, the federal government is using the Starlink satellite systems created by SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Around 200 people haveContinue Reading
TikToker Claims to Capture ‘Best Footage to Date’ of Bigfoot in ‘Scariest Moment’ of Their Life
Has the mystery of Bigfoot been solved? One TikTok user certainly thinks so. A TikToker, known as @e_man580, shared a video they believe shows the elusive Bigfoot, describing the encounter as the “scariest moment” of their life. Bigfoot, also called Sasquatch, is a legendary creature that is said to roamContinue Reading
AI Is Pushing Gas Demand to ‘Record Highs,’ Pipeline Builder TC Energy Says
TC Energy, the Calgary company behind the Coastal GasLink pipeline through Wet’suwet’en First Nation territories in B.C. and the failed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to Texas, sees a major new growth opportunity for fossil fuels: artificial intelligence. Tech firms like Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft are building out anContinue Reading