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Justine Calma

Justine Calma

Senior Science Reporter

Senior Science Reporter

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    Neuralink’s first implant in a human started to detach from the patient’s brain.

    The implant is a coin-shaped chip embedded into the skull with threads that reach into the brain.

    In the weeks following the surgery, a number of threads retracted from the brain

    That limited how much data it could collect, but Neuralink found a workaround by making its algorithm more sensitive. The Elon Musk company wrote about the problem in a blog after The Wall Street Journal asked about the issue.

    Justine Calma
    Justine Calma
    The US has a new energy efficiency rating for homes.

    The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just launched its Energy Star NextGen Certified Homes and Apartments program. For decades, Energy Star has certified efficient products from kitchen appliances to washers, dryers, air conditioners, and heat pumps. Now, it’s also starting to certify homes and apartments that are at least 20 percent more efficient than typical builds.

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    Justine Calma
    Was Shell’s big carbon capture project a sham?

    Shell sold millions of carbon credits that were supposed to represent CO2 emissions captured in Canada. But only half of those credits were linked to real eductions in pollution, according to documents obtained by Greenpeace and shared with the Financial Times. It’s an explosive investigation into carbon capture tech fossil fuel companies are using to make sustainability claims that might not pass the smell test.