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Upgrades to newer, high-efficiency heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology aren’t in the cards for the Wake County Public School System, where a $200 million maintenance backlog has plagued the schools. Frustrated students have been pushing the school district for new HVAC technology — highlighting the district’s many troubles with HVAC systems –- as a…
Posted on August 11, 2025 Posted by John Scalzi Over on Reddit someone is asking for science fiction for their precocious young reader and the people there are suggesting books that were old when that kid’s grandparents were the same age as the kid, for fuck’s sake if you didn’t know any SF books from…
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty Images Elon Musk’s AI video generator has been accused of making “a deliberate choice” to create sexually explicit clips of Taylor Swift without prompting, says an expert in online abuse. “This is not misogyny by accident, it is by design,” said Clare McGlynn, a law professor who has helped draft…
Tim Dodd Climate and science reporter Adam Gor/Butterfly Conservation The Southern Small White has been gradually making its way across Europe A species of butterfly previously only found in Southern Europe has been seen in the UK for the first time, according to charity Butterfly Conservation. Experts have tracked the Southern Small White butterfly’s rapid…
Autel Energy, an electric vehicle charging station provider in 35 North American and European markets, will use Nayax payment processing technology at its stations. Under the agreement, Autel will embed Nayax payment solutions directly into an estimated 100,000 EV chargers set for deployment by the end of 2026. Electric vehicles are a growing segment for…
Ryan Evanoff The U.S. Office of Research Integrity has barred a former lab technician at Washington State University from participating in federally funded research for three years after finding he had committed misconduct. The case dates back more than five years. Ryan Evanoff was a scientific assistant in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology…
Lily Jamali Reporting fromSan Francisco Shutterstock US President Donald Trump had been in office scarcely a week when a new Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app called DeepSeek jolted Silicon Valley. Overnight, DeepSeek-R1 shot to the top of the Apple charts as the most downloaded free app in the US. The firm said at the time…
A group photo of attendees during the unveiling of the Center of Science’s three new dinosaur animatronics, including BSA scouts, Nassau County officials and Ray Ann Havasy, the center’s Executive Director. Courtesy of Center for Science The Center for Science Teaching and Learning at Tanglewood Preserve, in time for its 25th anniversary, has unveiled three…
CHARLES TOWN, W.Va., Aug. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — American Public Education, Inc. (Nasdaq: APEI)announced the appointment of James Kenigsberg as its interim Chief Innovation and Technology Officer, a pivotal leadership role as the organization accelerates its transition to become a data-first, AI-enabled institution. With a mission rooted in serving military, nursing, and other service-minded learners,…
NASA Who will be the next human to leave their footprint on the surface of the Moon? They were the pioneers of space exploration – the 24 Nasa astronauts who travelled to the Moon in the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 1970s. The death of Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, who guided the stricken…
