How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests

How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests

Supply failures dramatic example of how climate crisis threatens basic human need – and with it political stabilityIran protests – live updatesGripped by a terrible drought now entering its sixth year, Iran’s cities are on the brink of what its meteorological organisation calls “water day ze...

Hydrosat raises $60 million in Series B funding

SAN FRANCISCO – Hydrosat, a thermal imagery startup focused on water-resource management, has raised $60 million in Series B funding from equity investors and sovereign wealth funds. With the influx […] The post Hydrosat raises $60 million in Series B funding appeared first on SpaceNews.

Is Elon Musk losing the space cellphone war?

Is Elon Musk losing the space cellphone war?

The fiercest space race is not about getting back to the moon—it’s about allowing you to post a TikTok or watch Netflix on your phone anywhere around the globe, from the Atacama Salt Flats to the Khongor sand dunes in the Gobi Desert. To make this happen, two distinct design philosophies are at ...

How to go from chief executive to chief envisioner

How to go from chief executive to chief envisioner

Let’s do a thought exercise. If the role of the chief marketing officer is to oversee marketing and the role of the chief operating officer is to oversee operations, while the chief financial officer’s responsibility is to safeguard the organization’s finances, then what’s the responsibility...

Three climate technologies breaking through in 2026

Happy New Year! I know it’s a bit late to say, but it never quite feels like the year has started until the new edition of our 10 Breakthrough Technologies list comes out.  For 25 years, MIT Technology Review has put together this package, which highlights the technologies that we think are going...

Peltola’s entrance in Alaska Senate race gives Democrats hope

Peltola’s entrance in Alaska Senate race gives Democrats hope

Former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D) decision to launch a Senate bid in Alaska is giving Democrats a shot in the arm and raising their hopes about flipping the upper chamber this year. Peltola, who lost Alaska’s at-large House seat in 2024, ended months of speculation about her next moves when she ann...

Talarico leads Crockett in Texas Democratic Senate primary: Poll

Talarico leads Crockett in Texas Democratic Senate primary: Poll

Democrat James Talarico is leading Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) in the Democratic Senate primary in Texas, new polling shows.  An Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media survey found Talarico 9 points ahead among likely primary voters — 47 percent to Crockett’s 38 percent. Another 15 percent w...

Abortion threatens to derail Senate ObamaCare deal 

Abortion threatens to derail Senate ObamaCare deal 

A push by Senate negotiators to strike a deal on extending enhanced ObamaCare subsidies is running into a brick wall as they struggle to clear a key hurdle on abortion. Members have been engaged in talks for about a month on a potential extension. But the subsidies expired at the end of last year an...

Republicans vow to block Trump from seizing Greenland by force

Republicans vow to block Trump from seizing Greenland by force

Senate Republicans are vowing to block any effort by President Trump to seize Greenland by military force, as Trump officials on Wednesday refused to back off their demands to control the island during a meeting with top diplomats at the White House.  Republican senators are flummoxed by Trump’s ...

Musk's xAI limits Grok's capacity to generate sexualised images

Musk's xAI limits Grok's capacity to generate sexualised images

Elon Musk's xAI says its Grok AI chatbot will be restricted from generating sexualised images of real people after it was used to create pictures of women and children in varying states of undress. Also in this edition: France's traditional Epiphany cake gets subsidised for Celiac disease sufferers.

A New Atlas of the Milky Way’s Ghost Particles

Every second, a trillion ghost particles stream through your body unnoticed, invisible messengers carrying secrets from the hearts of distant stars. Astrophysicists at the University of Copenhagen have now mapped exactly where these neutrinos originate across our Milky Way Galaxy and how many reach ...