Big Tech is striking secret deals to make you foot its electricity bill, Harvard researchers say
Data centers are spiking electricity demand, and some worry states are striking deals that mean households will pay the cost.
Big cuts at Education Department's civil rights office will impact vulnerable students for years
The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...
The big divide: How an increasing income gap at workplace can mean trouble
Recent research has revealed that a wide income separation at workplaces can potentially lead to damaging consequences for ...
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Canada greenlights river study
A regional assessment study of the St. Lawrence River has now been authorized, after a request for one was put in by the ...
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come
The CRDC originated in the late 1960s as required by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The data questionnaire, which poses questions about civil rights concerns, is usually administered to U.S. public ...
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Covering every roof with solar could supply 2/3 of global electricity – study
If the world covered every suitable roof with solar panels, it could supply 2/3 of humanity’s total electricity consumption ...
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How much of a threat are fintechs to banks really?
Fintechs, or financial technology companies, are touted as a threat to banks and a way to boost banking competition. But should the big banks be quaking in their boots?
Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way are ‘unlike anything we knew before’
Over the past decade, scientists have detected a puzzling phenomenon: radio pulses coming from within our Milky Way galaxy that would pulse every two hours, like a cosmic heartbeat. The long radio ...
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5 years after COVID-19 pandemic, report hails Rapides' progress battling learning loss
Rapides Schools Superintendent Jeff Powell knew the district had a unique opportunity to act once federal dollars were ...
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94 Percent of COVID Deaths Have Been Among Adults 50-Plus
It’s been five years since COVID-19 arrived in the U.S., and in that time, adults age 50 and older have accounted for roughly 94 percent of the 1.2-plus million American deaths.
RFK Jr.’s First Big Defeat on CDC Chief Tests Limits of Vaccine Agenda
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s failure to install a fellow vaccine critic to a key government post is testing the limits of how far ...
From Southwest to BP, Elliott and other activists are shaking up companies again
This week, Southwest Airlines announced that it would start charging its customers for checked bags. The move came after months of relentless pressure from hedge fund Elliott Management, which has ...