By KRISTINA SMITH & PHIYEN NGUYEN Policymakers and advocates often promote drug price transparency to lower costs and improve equity. While transparency is an important first step toward accountability and…
Year: 2025
Moss Can Survive the Harsh Conditions of Space
In 2005, scientists announced that moss could grow inside of spaceships. The little plants the scientists sent up on NASA Space Shuttle missions grew in a breathtakingly weird shape, a…
Sortera raises $45M for recycling tech as US demands low-carbon aluminum
The startup Sortera Technologies has raised fresh funding to expand its tech-driven recycling operations — with an eye toward meeting rising U.S. demand for low-carbon aluminum. Sortera uses advanced sensors…
Why Using Your Phone at Night May Not Be as Bad as You Think
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Brookfield inks hydro contract with Microsoft in latest Big Tech deal
Brookfield Renewable Partners has signed yet another deal to power a tech giant’s data centers with one of its existing hydroelectric plants, heralding a potential lifeline for America’s aging dams.…
Greenpeace is paddling out at Rising Tide 2025. Are you?
Greenpeace is taking to the water again, alongside thousands of people, at the Rising Tide People’s Blockade in Muloobinba (Newcastle) on Awabakal and Worimi Country. The climate crisis is escalating…
Whatever the COP31 venue, ‘Australia must perform’, says Greenpeace, as Türkiye confirmed as COP31 host
SYDNEY/BELÉM, BRAZIL, Wednesday 19 November 2025 — As Türkiye is confirmed as the COP31 host, Greenpeace Australia Pacific has urged the Australian government to show leadership and use its role…
Trump cites ‘emergency’ to keep Michigan coal plant online into winter
The Trump administration has ordered the J.H. Campbell coal-fired power plant in Michigan to stay open for the next 90 days, citing an energy “emergency” that state utility regulators and…
Nabla — It’s been a rocketship
I met the Nabla management team two years ago. Two years later they have ridden the wave of AI scribing to be one of the leaders in the field. At…
Edith Singini | How rising CO2 reshapes savannas: Why some trees thrive while others struggle
In this ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Dr. Edith Singini, a lecturer at Rhodes University, delves into her new paper ‘Savanna tree species show contrasting acclimation responses to elevated…