Jeff Tollefson

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The system will save time spent on processing satellite data, researchers say — but they hope the tech firm will share more about how it works

July 30, 2025 | 08:00PM

Google AI model mines trillions of images to create maps of Earth ‘at any place and time’
Study reveals how the tech behemoth is using the motions sensors on phones to expand quake warnings to more countries

July 16, 2025 | 08:00PM

Google tapped billions of mobile phones to detect quakes worldwide — and send alerts
Efforts by leaders of the US national academies to adjust to the new political reality have spurred member concerns about capitulation and censorship

June 30, 2025 | 08:00PM

Turmoil at US science academy as Trump cuts force layoffs
Research across science and medicine will probably shrink at one of the world’s most elite universities amid a new political reality

June 25, 2025 | 08:00PM

Harvard vs Trump: what this epic battle means for science
Thousands have signed an open letter against the US president’s latest order, anxious about political interference in science and more

May 27, 2025 | 08:00PM

Trump’s call for ‘gold standard science’ has prompted an outcry: here’s why
E-mails reveal the stoppage at the US Environmental Protection Agency, which is encouraging workers to resign ahead of a reorganization

May 08, 2025 | 08:00PM

US environmental agency halts funding for its main science division
Huge reductions, if enacted, could have ‘catastrophic’ effects on US competitiveness and the scientific pipeline, critics say

May 01, 2025 | 08:00PM

Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science
President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities

April 28, 2025 | 08:00PM

Will US science survive Trump 2.0? What are the long-term impacts for the United States and the world?
As the administration of US President Donald Trump slashes budgets, crucial climate and other data sets could disappear

April 23, 2025 | 08:00PM

Major European institutes join race to save US science data
With the world set to blow past its temperature targets, efforts are growing to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere

April 22, 2025 | 08:00PM

Three ways to cool Earth by pulling carbon from the sky

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