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WUNC Spotlight: Who's in Hot Water? An Interactive Event with Celeste Guajardo
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (360+ words) Join WUNC News' Environment reporter Celeste Guajardo for a special Spotlight event that turns North Carolina water policy into a live, interactive game show.Through a fast-paced presentation inspired by the energy, drama, and audience participation of a classic game…...
Plants could help U.S. mine rare earth materials, N.C. State study says
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (744+ words) Researchers at North Carolina State University say they developed a fast, non-destructive technique to measure and detect rare earth materials in plants. Rare earth metals are essential for modern technology. They’re used in cars, cellphones, and batteries. The United States…...
Ask AI or just Google it? Google makes a big change to a little search box
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (806+ words) Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter sent every weekday morning. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Google is changing what it means to Google. The company this week announced significant changes to its search box — that austere, single-line input field…...
SpaceX to launch Starship rocket Friday after delay
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (35+ words) SpaceX scrubbed the twelfth launch of its newly redesigned Starship moments before liftoff Thursday. The company will try again Friday and it comes at a critical time for SpaceX, which is seeking to go public....
Advice for 2026 commencement speakers: Don't bring up AI
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (796+ words) Glendale Community College's commencement ceremonies hit a snag just as students were walking across the stage to get their diplomas last week. The wrong names were being read aloud at the ceremony, just outside Phoenix. Some of the graduates' names…...
Hyperscale, Hyperspeed: Breaking Down the Data Center Boom Live with the Reporters
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (252+ words) What happens when the internet moves into your backyard?Join the NC Newsroom for a virtual, behind-the-scenes look at our new investigative series on North Carolina’s rapidly growing data center industry. From rural communities to power grids, this five-part project…...
Musk and Altman to face off over the future of OpenAI in trial
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (30+ words) In Oakland, a case is getting underway in which Elon Musk and Sam Altman will face off over the future of OpenAI, one of the world's most influential AI companies....
A tribe returns farmland to the sea as tides rise due to climate change
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (29+ words) The Stillaguamish Tribe north of Seattle is returning farmland to the sea to save salmon and help floodproof a community that's struggled with rising tides due to climate change....
Clean energy advocates reel as NC regulators hit pause on solar
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (284+ words) State regulators ordered Duke Energy to pump the brakes on new solar power — a move that some clean energy advocates are calling unprecedented and a blow to the state’s clean energy transition. State regulators ordered Duke Energy to defer further…...
Young brain researchers ponder other careers amid federal funding cuts
9+ mon, 4+ week ago (648+ words) A decades-long boom in brain science in the United States may be heading for a bust. Ongoing disruptions in federal funding are causing many young neuroscientists to reconsider their careers. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports that losing these scientists could slow…...