You know the signs: The lights flicker, your humidifier stops humming, and some piece of tech—there’s always one—makes a mournfully long beep from another room to let you know that it’s losing ...

Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're using—and ...

The Trump administration issued an emergency order Sunday night allowing Texas’ power grid operator to use backup generators from data centers and other facilities to prevent rotating outages over the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Energy Department order is supposed to help ERCOT avoid the need for rotating outages amid the ongoing Texas winter storm.

As many states across the nation brace for a severe winter storm this weekend, the Department of Energy is advising grid operators to use data centers as backup generation sources in case of a power ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Credit: Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró When it comes to using tools, Veronika the Austrian cow is outstanding in her field. The ...

A pet cow named Veronika can scratch her own back with a broom — the first scientifically documented case of tool use in cows, researchers say. By Emily Anthes For a cow, Veronika has had what might ...

How does a cow scratch an itch on its back? An Austrian cow named Veronika has a solution that could change how we view livestock. For the past decade, Veronika has been observed by her owner ...

Veronika, a cow living in an idyllic mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of scratching herself with sticks, rakes, and deck brushes. Now that scientists ...

Companies’ latest return-to-office push is barely noticeable. That’s the point. After waves of RTO mandates yielded mixed results, employers are betting a subtler strategy will be more effective at ...

For two decades, Bagram Airfield was the nerve center of the U.S.-led counterterrorism campaign across Afghanistan and the main hub for Special Operations troops. But as U.S. forces were withdrawing ...