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People who live near data centers in northern Virginia have opinions about how to manage them. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Data centers’ neighbors weigh in on how to manage them

The people of northern Virginia have been living with data centers for many years. But even they are resisting new developments. And they have specific wishes for how to regulate them.
Expressive humanoid robots are intended to make people feel at ease when interacting with them. Pau Barrena/AFP via Getty Images

When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary – new brain study

People who interact with expressive robots that make mistakes react with suspicion rather than seeing the bots as malfunctioning machines.
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought’s agency is behind this drive to shake up federal grantmaking. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

Trump proposes putting political goals above objective criteria in deciding who gets government grants, from childcare to research to public safety

The White House says the changes it seeks would strengthen transparency, accountability and oversight. Critics say federal grantmaking would become too political.
Raffinerie de Shell Pernis, dans le port de Rotterdam, aux Pays-Bas. Andre Muller/Shutterstock

Le « verrouillage carbone », ou pourquoi les majors pétrolières comme Shell renoncent à leurs projets de décarbonation

Des grands groupes pétroliers peuvent-ils accomplir leur transition énergétique ? Derrière les difficultés, on retrouve la notion centrale de verrouillage carbone.
The governing structure of the National Science Foundation partially insulated science from political control. Evgeny Gromov/iStock via Getty Images Plus

How much should politics influence science, and vice versa? National Science Board’s ousting resurrects an existential debate

The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question about the separation of science and state.
Men watch the announcement of PKK’s abandonment of armed struggle on a television screen inside a traditional Turkish tea house, in Diyarbakir, Turkey. Ilyas Akengin/AFP via Getty Images

Turkey and the PKK have made historic moves toward peace – now begins the hard diplomatic work

The PKK has been fighting the Turkish state for more than 40 years. Whether peace can take root will depend on each side’s commitment to a credible peace process.
Vista aérea da nova Área de Conservação Regional do Médio Putumayo Algodón, perto da fronteira do Peru com a Colômbia. Há todos os motivos para acreditar que a rodovia Bellavista-El Estrecho, que cruzará a região, terá impactos devastadores nas áreas naturais protegidas e nas comunidades indígenas que estão em seu caminho. Foto: Diego Pérez /Andes Amazon Fund

A mais nova área protegida da Amazônia peruana e os povos que dependem dela enfrentam uma ameaça existencial

Há todos os motivos para acreditar que a rodovia Bellavista-El Estrecho terá impactos devastadores nas áreas naturais protegidas e nas comunidades indígenas que estão em seu caminho
Food pantry staff members and volunteers hand out food in Chelsea, Mass., in November 2024. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images

Nonprofits that provide shelter for homeless people, disaster recovery help, and food for low‑income Americans rely heavily on federal funding – they would be reeling if Trump froze that money

Federal grants and contracts are a major source of funding for nonprofit services in the US.
Pour être une entreprise vraiment durable, il faut notamment prendre garde à ces sept erreurs. earth phakphum/Shutterstock

Entrepreneurs, faites attention à ces « sept péchés » pour bâtir une entreprise durable

Livraisons, gouvernance, matières premières… Quelles sont les grandes questions de la durabilité qu’oublient parfois de se poser les entrepreneurs quand ils lancent leur projet ?

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