Duke Energy is a big power company in North Carolina. It feeds electricity to many parts of the southeast U. S. Recently, big tech firms have been building huge data centers. These centers need a lot of power and are pushing the grid to its limits. Because of this demand, Duke is looking
Monday brought a surprise drop in natural gas prices after they had just hit their highest level in two months. The sudden shift came when experts predicted cooler temperatures across the East Coast from June 6 to 10, even though much of the rest of the country will see warmer-than-usual conditions
Oilfield services giant Weatherford just snapped up NCS Multistage for about $151 million, a move that might look like just another business deal on the surface. Weatherford paid partly in cash and partly in its own shares, giving NCS stock a big 11% boost overnight. But why does this merger matter
Four decades ago, an empty idea about teaching ocean science slowly became one of Virginia’s most popular spots. Starting with just a simple room for marine studies in the 1970s, the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center now ranks as the state’s third-most visited attraction, drawing crowds like
Basketball superstar Stephen Curry just signed a long-term deal with Li-Ning, a big name in Chinese sportswear. His Curry Brand will now work closely with Li-Ning to design shoes and clothes, and even push sports culture worldwide. Both sides say they want to motivate young athletes everywhere. Cur
Faricimab is a newer eye medicine that fights wet age‑related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. Researchers in Wales studied people who had never been treated before. They split the patients into two groups: those whose vision was still good (less than 0. 3 logMAR) and those
The state is seeing a major shake‑up as Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy plan to merge, creating the biggest utility in America. A local nonprofit warns that this deal could favor corporate profits over customers, especially as it aims to power the massive energy demands of AI data centers. Mea
The story begins when a popular grocery chain was found using cameras that can read faces. The company did not say what software it used, raising questions about how much personal data is being stored. Some lawmakers even demanded the chain tell shoppers exactly what it collects. The first time peo
Switching cars feels like moving to a new home where everything is out of place. The sunglasses you always kept in the cupholder now live in the glove box, the ice scraper hides in a door pocket, and your hand fumbles for a gearshift that vanished overnight. Small comforts become big mysteries. The
A recent poultry experiment found that what goes into chicken feed can dramatically change how well birds grow and stay healthy. Researchers tested different mixes of calcium, phosphorus, and electrolyte levels in broilers—chickens raised for meat—to see which combinations worked best. They raised 3
