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Here’s what it would take to stop climate change sooner

One of the biggest surprises leading up to the 2015 international Paris Agreement on climate-changing emissions was an argument about a new goal....

After throttling firefighters, Verizon praises itself for “sav[ing] lives”

Verizon is touting its commitment to firefighters and public safety in a new ad, released weeks after Verizon throttled the Santa Clara County...

Groundbreaking maker of gentle factory robots shuts down

Back in 2014, we wrote about Baxter, an anthropomorphic factory robot that was gentle enough to work alongside human workers. We visited Baxter...

Beautiful 3D model of stars explains changes in brightness

The Universe abounds with things that we think we might understand but aren’t really sure about. What it often comes down to is...

Hands-on: Fallout 76 lets you bring some company to the Apocalypse

After Bethesda revealed the "entirely online" at E3 earlier this year, some franchise fans worried the new game would feel uncomfortably different from the...

Are super-cheap solar fields in the Middle East just loss-leaders?

In recent years, massive solar projects proposed for the Middle East have grabbed headlines with extremely low prices. Developers have announced agreements to...

Facebook unveils smart displays, promises not to snoop on your video calls

Just as Amazon's newest Echo Show comes out, Facebook enters the smart display space with two devices of its own. The company...

A rocket goes up, a rocket comes down. The photos are something else

In some respects, Sunday night's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California was nothing special. After...

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