The idea that sprinkling rock dust on farmland can soak up atmospheric carbon will be tested…
Author: Gregory Barber
The Generative AI Copyright Fight Is Just Getting Started
The Authors Guild and other artists’ groups say that it's unfair to train AI algorithms on…
An AI Dreamed Up 380,000 New Materials. The Next Challenge Is Making Them
Google DeepMind researchers say they’ve expanded the number of known stable materials by 10-fold. Some could…
A New Type of Geothermal Power Plant Just Made the Internet a Little Greener
A new approach to geothermal energy makes it possible to tap the energy of hot rocks…
Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard
Machine learning algorithms that digested decades of weather data were able to forecast 90 percent of…
The First Small-Scale Nuclear Plant in the US Died Before It Could Live
Six nuclear reactors just 9 feet across planned for Idaho were supposed to prove out the…
Everyone Is a Luddite Now
A new history of the Luddites, Blood in the Machine, argues that 19th century fears about…
The Annular Solar Eclipse Will Decimate US Solar Energy Output
The annular solar eclipse will render more than a third of US solar energy capacity unavailable…
AI Hurricane Predictions Are Storming the World of Weather Forecasting
This year’s hurricane season provides a test run for the idea that machine-learning algorithms can improve…
Your New Apple Watch Series 9 Won’t Be Carbon Neutral
Apple claims its new Apple Watch is carbon neutral and has done impressive work to decarbonize…