Imagine throwing away 13 billion iPhones every year. That's the scary prediction for electronic waste by 2030, thanks to the AI boom. Silicon Valley companies are pouring money into data centers for generative AI. But all this progress comes at a cost. The chips and equipment used today will soon be
Vladimir Putin has come clean about the economic struggles Russia is facing. The Russian president admitted that sanctions and worker shortages are causing problems in the economy. This comes after Russia's Central Bank raised interest rates to a whopping 21%. That's even higher than the emergency r
Just before the 2022 elections, two drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were set on fire. One in Vancouver, Washington, lost hundreds of ballots, while Portland, Oregon's system stopped the fire quickly, saving most ballots. Authorities are checking surveillance footage to find the culprit. Drop box
Get ready for an exciting space adventure! China is about to launch a new crew to their Tiangong space station. Among the three astronauts is China's only female spaceflight engineer, Wang Haoze. She's 34 and full of dreams! The team will perform experiments to help China's goal of landing on the Mo
Imagine a comet zipping through the cosmos and suddenly getting too close to the Sun. That's exactly what happened to Comet 2024 S1 ATLAS on October 28, 2024. This comet, discovered in Hawaii by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Laser Alert System (ATLAS) project, was initially mistaken for an asteroi
NASA's Artemis 2 mission to the moon is making significant progress. The core stage of the Space Launch System rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, July 23. This massive rocket stage, measuring 212 feet (65 meters), was transported by NASA's Pegasus barge from New Orleans ov
NASA recently shared a fresh image of the Phantom Galaxy, also known as M74 and NGC 628. Unlike previous images, this one was captured using both the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) and Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This combination allowed scientists from th
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was recently at a campaign rally in Wisconsin. He used some strong words, like saying Elon Musk was acting like a certain not-so-nice word. He also joked about Trump being tired from losing. The crowd seemed to find it funny, not shocking. This isn't new; political speech
Imagine having internet access anywhere in the world. That's what SpaceX promises with its Starlink project. But is it worth the risk to our environment? Over 100 researchers think it's time to find out. They've asked the U. S. government to review the environmental impact of launching thousands of
NASA's Artemis 1 mission recently gave scientists a surprise they hadn't counted on. The Orion spacecraft's heat shield got way hotter than anyone thought it would while flying back from space. Now, scientists are busy figuring out what went wrong. They're running tests and checks to make sure futur
