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China's EV Boom Exposes Gaps in Battery Recycling Infrastructure

China's EV boom created a dangerous gray market for aging batteries, bypassing safety and environmental rules. Learn how to plan for technology lifecycles before they become a crisis.

MOFs Conjure Water From Air, Bypassing Infrastructure Costs

Conjure water from thin air with Nobel Prize-winning MOF technology, bypassing energy-intensive desalination and aging infrastructure for true water independence.

Understanding LLM Inconsistencies and Misalignment Through Biological Analogies

Studying LLMs as biological systems reveals surprising inconsistencies and emergent "cartoon villain" personas, challenging AI alignment and control efforts.

Chinese Open-Source LLMs Accelerate Commerce, Science, and Legal Battles

Chinese open-source LLMs accelerate Western AI innovation, challenging US dominance, while chatbots revolutionize commerce and AI drives novel scientific discoveries.

For-Profit Solar Geoengineering: Accelerating Deployment Versus Public Good

A for-profit venture accelerates solar geoengineering research, offering a rapid climate fix but risking profit motives overriding public good and safety before global consensus.

Limited Weather Modification Fuels Grandiose Conspiracy Theories

Limited weather modification, 5-10% precipitation increase, fuels grander conspiracy theories by exploiting government history and climate change confusion.

AI Materials Discovery Bottlenecked by Synthesis and Testing

AI accelerates materials discovery but faces bottlenecks in real-world synthesis and testing, with startups now combining AI with automated labs to bridge this gap.

Civilian Expertise Bridges Law Enforcement Drone Surveillance Gaps

Civilian engineers detect stealthy drones with military-grade sensors, revealing unexplained RF spikes and critical gaps in law enforcement's ability to investigate airspace incursions.

AI and Electrification Drive Grid Capacity Crisis Amid Policy Uncertainty

AI and electrification are driving unprecedented electricity demand, forcing a grid capacity expansion and challenging traditional utility management under a complex "trilemma."

Human Thermoregulation: Beyond Body Shape, Into Survival

Human bodies defy simple rules for heat and cold tolerance; new research reveals surprising individual variations and challenges long-held assumptions about anatomy's role in survival.

From Toxic Platforms to a Diverse, Paid Internet

The internet is broken but fightable, shifting away from ad-driven platforms toward diverse, user-controlled spaces for a healthier, more engaging online future.

Sensing Mountain Snow: New Tech, Old Problems

New sensors unlock crucial snowpack temperature data, improving water forecasts and flood predictions, but federal budget cuts threaten vital monitoring programs.

Wildfire Survivor Fights Conspiracy Theories Born of Disaster

Losing your home to fire plunges journalist Mike Rothschild into a vortex of misinformation, proving academic study cannot replicate the visceral reality of conspiracy theories born from disaster.

Undisclosed AI In Therapy: Eroding Trust, Undermining Authenticity

Super Shoes: Redefining Records, Creating Kenyan Divides

Starlink Connects Antarctica, Ending Isolation and Rewriting Research