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Climate and Ukraine take center stage at the U.N. The U.N. secretary general, António Guterres, convened a special summit yesterday in New York designed to shine a spotlight on the most ambitious global leaders on climate policy. The leaders of the U.S. and China, the world’s biggest polluters, did not get a turn at the…
Is it time? Are we living in the future? Are the robots taking over? No … but for Austin-based startup Apptronik, robots are being developed and are here to stay. Meet Apollo: Apptronik’s latest “general purpose humanoid robot” powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Apollo is a 5-foot-8-inch, 160-pound robot intended to help out people in…
This article is part of our special section on the Climate Forward event that will include policy and climate leaders from around the world. When delegates from countries around the world meet this week at the United Nations, they will begin to ratify a landmark agreement for environmental conservation, climate-change mitigation and biodiversity protection that…
Talking with dogs, decoding whale sounds and interpreting bird calls could all be possible in the coming years as artificial intelligence applications learn to translate different creatures’ communications, animal researchers said. Scientists have started using AI tools to analyze vast quantities of data on various species’ communications, ranging from sounds, postures, expressions and more, to…
This article is part of our special section on the Climate Forward event that will include policy and climate leaders from around the world. Ali Hajimiri thinks there’s a better way to power the planet — one that’s not getting the attention it deserves. The Caltech professor of electrical engineering envisages thousands of solar panels…
The United Nations’ secretary general, António Guterres, convened a special summit on Wednesday in New York City designed to highlight the efforts of the most ambitious global leaders on climate policy — and to implicitly shame those who are dragging their feet. Mr. Guterres, who has made climate action a centerpiece of his agenda and…
One Saturday morning in June, Amy Simmons spotted some sparrows flitting around a coastal marsh in Maine. She and her two companions, all dedicated bird-watchers, quickly identified one of the foraging birds as a Nelson’s sparrow, a small, round bird with a yellow stripe over its eye. Then, overhead, they spotted something slightly different. The…
Apple just made using an iPhone fun again with the new iOS 17. Many new features come alive with iOS 17, including some that help improve your privacy and security. As with any updates, I recommend downloading the latest software update to keep your iPhone or iPad most secure. IOS 17 improves on several ways…
After a year spent listening to the constant hum of the complicated machinery that keeps the International Space Station livable, the astronaut Frank Rubio is looking forward to some silence on Earth. Mr. Rubio is scheduled to return to land next week after a 371-day mission, the longest single spaceflight for an American astronaut. On…
This article is part of our special section on the Climate Forward event that will include policy and climate leaders from around the world. Over 20 years, Fayetteville, Ark., steadily built a 110-mile bicycle network of paved and natural-surface trails that today weaves through the city. Now, the city in northwest Arkansas plans an ambitious…
