By Irina Wang Getty Images How we turned 20,000 Soviet nukes into zero-carbon energy — and how we can do the same with some of our own. Just a decade ago, one in 10 American lightbulbs was powered by dismantled Russian nuclear weapons. That was made possible by the Megatons to Megawatts program, an agreement […]
By Ellen Ioanes General Glen VanHerck arrives for a closed-door briefing for senators about the Chinese spy balloon. | Drew Angerer via Getty Images A third object in as many days was taken out Sunday afternoon in Michigan after transiting over Montana. Update, 6:31 pm: The Pentagon issued a release Sunday confirming that an F-16 […]
By Jen Kirby The clean-up begins following a 7.8 magnitude earthquake on February 6, 2023 in Idlib, Syria. | Zana Halil/dia images via Getty Images The massive earthquakes come on top of decades of civil war in the region, which has created millions of refugees and a spiraling economic crisis. Editor’s note, February 6, 5 […]