PHOENIX — Amid global climate change and a chronic shortage of affordable housing, local construction companies and nonprofits are taking innovative steps to make homes more energy efficient and ...

We love a good retro find, right? You're probably the one in your friend group who already knows the vintage thrift store item that's on trend for every room in the house. And you likely already have ...

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It’s a vending machine, but instead of a snack or can of soda coming out, the money you put in it changes lives in our community and around the world. It’s a “Giving Machine” and we have one here in ...

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If you enjoyed this article, I’d like to ask for your support. Scientific American has served as an advocate for science and industry for 180 years, and right now may be the most critical moment in ...

Valve is set to release a new gaming console in 2026. The Steam Machine will run the Linux OS. The console also doubles as a PC. According to Gaming On Linux, the market share for Steam on Linux hit a ...

Update: After comment from Dbrand, it's clear this isn't a skin, but an actual enclosure. This article has been updated to reflect that. I'm sure there are more than a few of you who just assumed that ...

We left city life behind to live off-grid on a mountain in Spain, spending two years renovating an old stone house and restoring the abandoned land. Our toilet experience began primitively with a year ...

A growing body of research suggests coffee may have far greater environmental potential than anyone imagined. Scientists are finding that spent coffee grounds — the waste remaining after brewing — can ...

Machine learning, a key enabler of artificial intelligence, is increasingly used for applications like self-driving cars, medical devices, and advanced robots that work near humans — all contexts ...