Global warming and climate change are becoming a greater threat the longer we resist doing something about it on a massive scale.Though we’re already seeing its effects in droughts, hurricanes, wildfires, and unprecedented temperature extremes both high and low, it’s not too late to slow it down and mitigate …

You can live a few weeks without food and a couple of days without water, but you’ll only make it a matter of minutes without air. Our air quality is declining all over the world due to increased particulate pollution from industry, transport, and energy usage— and some areas are …

California legislators have passed a bill that would treat workers at so-called gig economy companies such as Uber and Lyft as employees, giving them access to improved wage and benefit protections. The 29-11 vote passed on late Tuesday sends the bill — dubbed Assembly Bill 5, or AB5 — back …

Smelly organic compounds from male cats are actually made not by the animals, but by bacteria living in their anal sacs, according to new research reported in the journal PLoS ONE. Yamaguchi et al examined the fermentation hypothesis by characterizing volatile organic compounds and bacteria isolated from anal sac secretions …

In a detailed report appearing in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Amazon is accused of “juicing” search results “to more prominently feature listings that are more profitable for the company,” including Amazon’s own private-label offerings. The WSJ also says the relatively recent move was opposed by Amazon search engineers as …

  The Wi-Fi 6 standard has officially launched today and the Wi-Fi Alliance is now handing out Wi-Fi 6 certifications to manufacturers with qualifying hardware. We’ll start seeing devices and equipment with Wi-Fi 6 support hitting the market in the near future. Wi-Fi 6 has several features that make it …

One of the best deep threats over the past decade, Smith entered this season ranked third in yards per catch among active players. Smith, 30, played eight NFL seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles and Carolina Panthers. He won a Super Bowl title in 2012 and …

  Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s noteworthy startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s topic, let’s catch up a bit. Last week, I wrote about Stripe’s grand plans. Before that, I noted Peloton’s secret weapons. Remember, you …

This is scoreboard-watching season, but Cubs manager Joe Maddon insisted on Saturday morning that he did not realize the Cardinals were playing the Brewers until someone pointed it out. Our goal is to win the division, Maddon said. The Cubs did that in overwhelming fashion on Saturday, pounding out a …

Over the past few months, Google has been rolling out algorithmic updates to its rankings algorithms to give more preferences to stories that were the original source. Original reporting will not only rank better in Google Search but soon will also rank better in Google News, including Google Discover. In …