The EPA’s decision to end the use of IRIS for developing chemical risk assessments is a fundamental change in how the agency will decide what chemical hazards mean for regulation. By returning hazard ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. For decades, a small program in the Environmental Protection ...

LYON—The promoters of the satellite-based Iris high-speed data communications system for air traffic control have begun marketing the service, aiming for rapid adoption and gearing up to meet upcoming ...

The United States has more than 3,000 operational data centers, and that number is expected to grow substantially in the years ahead. More than 1,500 new data centers are in various stages of ...

Iris Roley is a longtime Cincinnati activist who was central to the city's historic 2002 Collaborative Agreement on police reform. She currently has a city contract to act as a liaison between the ...

The vast data centers that power artificial intelligence guzzle huge amounts of energy but they also have another alarming impact, according to new research. They are creating “heat islands,” warming ...

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...

No one wore a more iconic set of spectacles—those oversized black circles, thick as porthole frames, perched on a face that refused to fade into the background for 102 years. Then the wrists, stacked ...

The Krewe of Iris is more than a pretty parade. The historic, newly-rejuvenated krewe is also deeply involved in community causes, and that’s led to a new king cake that also has a beauty that goes ...

AI is transforming industries, fueling innovation, and addressing some of society’s most urgent challenges. From humanoid robotics to drought management, AI’s promise can feel boundless. Yet as demand ...