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Advanced practice providers, Legacy Health reach 2nd tentative agreement to end strike

Under the agreement, the strike will end before the ratification vote is complete, and the 135 providers will return to work in the coming...

Here we go again: Retiring coal plant forced to stay open by Trump Admin

On Tuesday, US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued a now familiar order: because of a supposed energy emergency, a coal plant scheduled for...

Supply chains, AI, and the cloud: The biggest failures (and one success) of 2025

A third AI-related proof-of-concept attack that garnered attention used a prompt injection to cause GitLab’s Duo chatbot to add malicious lines to an otherwise...

The science of how (and when) we decide to speak out—or self-censor

The US has adopted more of a middle ground approach, essentially letting private companies decide what they wanted to do. Daymude and his co-authors...

Lawsuit over Trump rejecting medical research grants is settled

The case regarding cancelled grants moved relatively quickly. By June, a District Court judge declared that the federal policy “represents racial discrimination” and issued...

The Best Places I Traveled in 2025

Gilbert Peak in Goat Rocks Wilderness is a classic Washington scramble. Why look back? Personally, I reflect back in my...

Is New Year’s Day a federal holiday? Here’s what’s open and closed

The first day of 2026 is a holiday for many workers, which could make it difficult to get some essentials to start the year....

US can’t deport hate speech researcher for protected speech, lawsuit says

“Mr. Ahmed studies and engages in civic discourse about the content moderation policies of major social media companies in the United States, the United...

Leonardo’s wood charring method predates Japanese practice

Yakisugi is a Japanese architectural technique  for charring the surface of wood. It has become quite popular in bioarchitecture because the carbonized layer protects...

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