Cloud seeding involves dispersing particles into clouds to create precipitation, thereby modifying the weather. Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country’s Sumatra Island over the weekend left at least 59 people dead and another 16 missing.

We see Ukraine and Gaza as potential test cases for addressing war’s toll on the environment and creating a more sustainable future. As wars grind on in Ukraine and Gaza, another location ravaged by conflict is taking steps to implement a historic peace agreement. From the mid-1960s through 2016, Colombia was torn by conflict between the government,...

The problem of noise is more pervasive than initially meets the eye. Many people understand the concept of bias at some intuitive level. In society, and in artificial intelligence systems, racial and gender biases are well documented.

Mondays are now as busy as Thursdays in office canteens in the United States and Britain. Mondays are now as busy as Thursdays in office canteens in the United States and Britain, the world’s largest food catering firm Compass Group said on Wednesday.

The shortfall is the highest in 20 years when adjusted for inflation and was driven in part by higher food prices. Hungry people in the U.S. faced a $33.1 billion shortfall in funds for basic food needs in 2022, but nearly half of them will not qualify for aid, according to a report by national anti-hunger group Feeding America.

Posting the term, which is used by many health organizations, on X’s mobile app now comes with a warning prompting users to delete the post. Elon Musk warned us this was coming. Now, the owner of X (formerly Twitter) has apparently followed through on his threat to begin treating the words “cis” and “cisgender” as slurs, the latest in a number of...