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Three polls tell the story for the Biden campaign

An assassination attempt, a reoriented Trump (maybe), and a new US election campaign twist

In a moment of excitement for wearable tech, the Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarers are an early game-changer

Three reasons a Trump win in the 2024 US election would harm the collection and management of climate data from satellites in space.

At COP28 in Dubai, the US – along with every country that imports LNG from the Permian Basin – signed a pledge to clean up more than 80% of the methane flaring and leaking into the atmosphere from oil and gas extraction. But in the months since that pledge was signed, essentially nothing has been done to turn that pledge into action.

Lost in the battle royale over the role of fossil fuels in climate goals for 2050 was the most urgent challenge facing COP28: capping warming at 1.5C. This requires emissions cuts of 30 billion tons, which is over 40% of cuts in the six years until 2030.

For too long, the primary process has heavily favored Iowa and New Hampshire, compelling candidates to allocate most of their resources there, even though the more diverse and consequential electorates of other states lie waiting.

While more than 1,500 illegal weed shops and trucks operate with impunity in New York City, lawmakers in Albany are proposing to change how adult-use cannabis is taxed in the state. But right now, only three legal dispensaries exist in NYC to be regulated anyway. Meanwhile, reefer madness continues to take over the city’s streets.

Neither invading Russian tanks and helicopters, nor defending Ukraine with Javelin and Stinger missiles, seem likely to deliver a decisive victory in the war in Ukraine.