Startup’s nuclear-inspired cooling system could make data centers more sustainable

Founded by two researchers from MIT, Ferveret reduces the amount of energy and water required to cool the chips that power AI. The rise of artificial intelligence is riding on the back of an enormous data...

Study suggests life on Earth has around 1.8 billion years left — but the biosphere might evolve to survive even longer

Life on Earth could continue for another 1.8 billion years, according to new research. This figure, which is based on complex climate models, is far longer than many previous studies indicated. As the sun...

How asteroids may have sparked life on Earth

Ancient asteroid strikes may have transformed early Earth into a planet primed for the first sparks of life. Ancient asteroid impacts may have done more than reshape Earth’s surface—they could have...