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Apr 22 2026BUSINESS

Building a Future While Breaking Old Rules

The push for cleaner energy isn’t waiting for politics to catch up. A recent court decision just cleared away some federal blocks slowing down solar and wind projects across the country. Meanwhile, big companies are making big moves in new directions. One coffee giant, known for its green mermaid lo

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Apr 21 2026TECHNOLOGY

Making AI Moral: Why a Robot Can’t Pray

Anthropic, the maker of the Claude chatbot, says it wants its AI to act “good, wise and virtuous. ” The company has even teamed up with Catholic leaders to try to teach Claude values. Yet, a machine that never touches a body can’t experience the parts of religion that actually shape morals. Re

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Apr 21 2026SCIENCE

A 45-year-old space traveler struggles with battery issues

Voyager 1, the farthest human-made object from Earth, is running out of power. Launched in 1977, this nearly half-century-old spacecraft has been exploring space long beyond its original five-year mission. Now, NASA engineers face a tough choice: keep Voyager alive a little longer or sacrifice some

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Apr 21 2026BUSINESS

Pioneer seeds turn 100: how a small Iowa experiment grew into global farming change

Back in 1926, a farm kid from Iowa named Henry Wallace bet big on a new idea. He planted 40 acres near Johnston with hybrid corn seeds—something most farmers then saw as risky. That gamble didn’t just work; it rewrote the rules of agriculture. Today, those same fields (now home to one of the world’s

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Apr 19 2026SCIENCE

Voyager 1’s Power‑Saving Game Plan

The Voyager 1 spacecraft, a relic from the 1970s, has been sending data back from the outer reaches of our solar system for over four decades. Recently, its team decided to turn off more experiments on board in order to conserve the limited power that remains. The move came after an unexpected drop

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Apr 19 2026ENVIRONMENT

Grand Canyon Guardian: A Scientist’s Lifelong Mission

Kelly Burke grew up in Colorado, always drawn to wide open spaces. In 1986 she moved north to study geology at a university near the Grand Canyon. Her love for the canyon deepened when she helped drive river trips to keep money flowing while finishing her thesis. A chance ride on the Colora

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Apr 19 2026OPINION

Dam Decision: A Fresh Look at the French Broad River

The 122‑year‑old Craggy Dam has stood in Woodfin, North Carolina, for more than a century, holding back the French Broad River. Recently, local officials and conservation groups have started to question whether keeping it is still the best choice for the area. A new move by the Metropolitan Sewer

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Apr 19 2026FINANCE

Seagate’s Big Move: Why AI Drives Its Stock Surge

Seagate Technology, a company that makes hard drives and other storage gear, is riding a wave of interest from the tech world. The demand for large hard‑disk drives (HDDs) has jumped because big AI projects need a lot of space to store data. Cloud companies and AI labs are buying more storage

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Apr 19 2026CELEBRITIES

A New Stage Family Forms on Broadway

Don Cheadle and Ayo Edebiri step onto the Booth Theatre for the first time together, playing a father and daughter in David Auburn’s play “Proof. ” The story follows Catherine, who pauses her own dreams to care for her aging professor father, while she herself battles her own challenges. The actor

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Apr 19 2026FINANCE

Old factories get new life in the age of digital mining

Industrial buildings that once made metal now find new purpose feeding computers instead. In upstate New York, a shuttered aluminum plant along the St. Lawrence River could soon hum with activity again, not for smelting aluminum, but for minting digital coins. The facility has stayed dark since 2014

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