Technology

B. Don Russell wasn’t thinking about preventing a wildfire when he developed a tool to detect power line problems before blackouts and bigger disasters. The electrical engineering professor at Texas A&M University figured he might save a life if his creation could prevent someone from being electrocuted by a downed live wire. But fire prevention […]

A pair of studies by Maine-based scientists suggest the U.S. lobster industry is headed for a period of decline, but not likely a crash By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press December 1, 2019, 3:09 PM 3 min read A pair of studies by Maine-based scientists suggest the U.S. lobster industry is headed for a period of

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world’s efforts to stop climate change have been “utterly inadequate” so far and warns that “the point of no return is no longer over the horizon.” By ARITZ PARRA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press December 1, 2019, 1:06 PM 3 min read U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that

The world has gotten hotter, lost trillions of tons of ice and suffered more weather disasters since climate negotiations started By BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer December 1, 2019, 10:05 AM 3 min read Since leaders first started talking about tackling the problem of climate change, the world has spewed more heat-trapping gases, gotten

Hundreds of climate activists protested at two open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany pouring onto the premises to urge the government to immediately halt the use of coal to produce electricity November 30, 2019, 3:50 PM 1 min read Climate activists protested at open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany, pouring onto the premises to urge

“It’s the invisible infrastructure that powers our everyday lives,” said Ms. Webb, who examines Amazon in her book on the tech giants, “The Big Nine.” “Most of us don’t know 95 percent of what Amazon is doing.” She called the contest for Amazon’s second headquarters a “ridiculous parade, a beauty contest” in which communities nationwide

Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned drama to this year’s international talks on tackling global warming. Delegates from almost 200 countries had planned to put the finishing touches to the rules governing the 2015 Paris accord, ironing out a few wrinkles left over from last

Correction: Europe-Space story November 29, 2019, 4:58 PM 3 min read In a story Nov. 28 about the European Space Agency, The Associated Press provided an incorrect U.S. dollar conversion for the 12.5 billion euros pledged by the agency’s member countries for its three-year budget period. That is about $13.7 billion, not $13.7 million. A

A colony of mussels as big as dinner plates has recently been wiped out from a New Jersey pond By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press November 29, 2019, 2:38 PM 1 min read A colony of giant invasive Chinese mussels has been wiped out from a New Jersey pond. They had threatened to spread to the

[You can watch “The Weekly” on FX, Hulu, and in these areas outside the U.S.] Episode 22: ‘The Hot List’ Producer/Director John Pappas When a big bear of a man in flip-flops showed up with a bottle of Japanese whiskey promising to deliver evidence implicating some of the world’s richest and most powerful men in