All over TikTok and other social-media platforms, influencers are hopping on vibration plates. One sits on hers daily to “drain my thyroid.” Another says her “vibe plate” means she no…
Month: January 2026
Chart: Trump cratered the clean-energy manufacturing boom
See more from Canary Media’s ” Chart of the Week” column . Clean energy manufacturing was on the upswing in the U.S. Then the first year of Trump 2.0 happened.…
Startup Jetson raises $50M to deploy affordable heat pumps
Home-electrification startup Jetson just raised $50 million to fuel its ambitious effort to slash the cost of installing heat pumps in the U.S. and Canada. Founded in 2024, Jetson says…
Geothermal startup Fervo Energy may finally go public
The startup Fervo Energy has reportedly filed for an IPO to help fund its build-out of next-generation geothermal projects. Nearly a year after first floating the idea , the Houston-based…
The U.S. Has Pulled Out of the WHO. Here’s What That Means for Public Health
The U.S. was one of the first countries to join the World Health Organization (WHO) when it was created in 1948 as part of the United Nations. But on Jan.…
Is Eating Too Fast Hurting Your Health?
People eat quickly for all kinds of reasons. Some have developed the habit because of modern-day time constraints. Others grew up in big families where you needed to eat quickly…
Why automakers are the key to cleaner steelmaking
Primary steel, the strongest and most durable form of the metal, is typically also the dirtiest kind. That’s because the most common way to forge it begins with producing iron…
America’s offshore wind farms get back to work after court victories
Offshore wind developers are back to building three major U.S. projects nearly a month after the Trump administration ordered them to pause construction. Ørsted, Equinor, and Dominion Energy all got…
A Texas data center will open sooner thanks to an offline grid battery
A leading data center developer and a pioneering Texas battery owner have formed a mutually beneficial partnership that models a new way for energy storage to accelerate the AI infrastructure…
What to Do If Your Friends Keep Leaving You Out
Early in Kip Williams’ career as a social psychologist, he was at the park with his dog in Des Moines, Iowa, when a flying disc landed on his blanket. The…