Today’s section
Long reads, essays, and deep briefings.
MIT Technology Review explains that uprating existing U.S. nuclear plants can add zero-emissions power for AI-driven demand faster than new reactors, but likely only three to eight gigawatts nationally—far short of projected data-center growth—and at high capital cost.
But gigawatts of power are already available for the taking across the U.S. economy in the form of wasted energy from an unexpected source: motors. For one, slashing motors’ power use would free up grid capacity for large electricity users like data centers and electric vehicles, they argue.
An “extremely reliable” informant told authorities about the missing murder weapon, according to newly unsealed records. The informant’s brother told The Times his sibling was at the crime scene.
CYFD has not yet set a new timeline for the project’s rollout, prompting concerns from lawmakers over the seemingly endless delays.
A girl called Àìná was captured by an African king and later taken to England to become Sarah Forbes Bonetta, protege of the imperial monarch When she was seven years old, Bayo Randle’s great-great-grandmother Sarah Forbes Bonetta was presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle as a “diplomatic gift” from an African king.