Data centers—such as those used by Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta—are crucial for data connectivity, storage, and processing. However, these pose concerns given their large real estate footprint ...

Not everyone follows these factions, and some follow no religion. While estimates vary as to how many people worldwide identify as irreligious (atheist, agnostic, secularist, non-religious ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has been publishing annual reports on world health statistics since 2005, with a focus on health-related sustainable development goals (SDGs) since 2016. WHO’s 2025 ...

Within the span of Triplett’s life, worldwide diagnosis of autism increased dramatically. As of 2021, an estimated 62 million others globally have been diagnosed as being autistic, according to the ...

Whether a resident or visitor to the US, air pollution—including particulate matter, carbon dioxide, and the like—is a concern given its potential health and environmental impacts. The American Lung ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm—and is causing a storm of controversy over its gargantuan electricity appetite and its insatiable thirst for fresh water to cool the heat its ...

Researchers from Oregon State University conducted a study on the threat of climate change to wild animal species and biodiversity. The study, published in BioScience, assessed 70,814 species from 35 ...

Breaking company co-founders CEO Sukanya Punthambaker (second from left) and chief scientific officer Vaskar Gnyawali (right) with lab colleagues. ©Breaking The world relies on plastics for endless ...

In March, the International Energy Agency published its Global Energy Review 2025. The report covers energy trends in 2024, including those from non-renewable and renewable energy sources and ...

According to ESA’s space debris environment model MASTER (Meteoroid and Space Debris Terrestrial Environment Reference), there were 54,000 space debris objects greater than 10 cm (4 in), 1.2 million ...

To better understand a promising new development in the certification of organic products, it's good to take a quick look at how the familiar term “certified organic” came into being. In 1924, ...

NaFarm Foods, an agricultural business in Kaduna, Nigeria, has won the prestigious 2025 Zayed Sustainability Prize in the Food category for its solar food dryer. The award celebrates the company’s ...