People with greater exposure to air pollution could face a higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study by Emory University in Atlanta. Air pollution has previously been established as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s, as well as other chronic conditions, like hypertension, stroke and depression, the researchers noted. Since those other conditions … Read more
Gavin Newsom went to Munich to complain about Trump, and to run an alternative foreign policy, signing a memorandum of understanding on climate change with the left-wing British government Monday. Trump did not take kindly to that, declaring that everything Newsom touches turns to “garbage,” and noting that it was “inappropriate” for a governor to … Read more
Not all cancers are written in your genes. A sweeping new report from the World Health Organization found that up to four in 10 cancer cases around the globe could be prevented with lifestyle changes. In the large international study, researchers identified 30 modifiable risk factors that fuel the disease — including, for the first … Read more
Exhaust gases from home furnaces, fireplaces, and industrial facilities release carbon dioxide (CO2) into the air, contributing to pollution. Scientists reporting in ACS Energy Letters have developed a new type of electrode designed to address this problem by capturing CO2 directly from the air and turning it into a useful chemical called formic acid. In … Read more
The feds were back in court Wednesday to duke it out with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority over their ongoing — and so far stymied — bid to kill New York’s hotly contested congestion pricing scheme. Reps for President Trump’s administration and for the MTA were each making their case to Judge Lewis Liman in Manhattan … Read more
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is slamming the brakes on what officials have called a costly trucking emissions standard that California was seeking to apply to tens of thousands of vehicles traveling into the state — effectively nationalizing the green energy policies of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration. The US Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday its … Read more
More than 20 students were rushed to the hospital after carbon monoxide alarms blared at a Florida middle school — triggering a full evacuation and a massive emergency response. Fire trucks, police and ambulances swarmed Cypress Junction Montessori in Winter Haven after the detectors alerted them Friday, according to the Winter Haven Public Safety Department. … Read more
“Have you told her about the erection tracking?” echoed the voice of Bryan Johnson’s right-hand woman (and, it turns out, now girlfriend), from the bathroom adjacent to his spare-bedroom-turned-in-house-clinic. It was 2023, I was making a documentary film about breakthroughs in longevity, and amid a program filled with biotech labs, experiments on me and the … Read more
Mountains around the world are warming more quickly than nearby lowland areas, according to a major global review, and the impacts could be severe for billions of people who live in or rely on these regions. Researchers warn that climate shifts at higher elevations are unfolding faster and with greater intensity, raising risks for water … Read more
Elon musk and the xAI logo. Vincent Feuray | Afp | Getty Images The Environmental Protection Agency closed a loophole this week that Elon Musk’s xAI had exploited to rapidly stand up its first data center in Memphis, Tennessee. Musk’s artificial intelligence startup created a kind of off-grid power plant for its Colossus facility by … Read more