The extensive use of AI chatbots can be linked to "severe negative outcomes" including psychological harm and suicide, a recent paper argues.

The war on the motorist and 15-minute conspiracy theories are fiction. The truth is that there is a war on walking, cycling, and transit that has made a one-hou

Artificial intimacy is harming us in ways we don’t fully understand. An MIT professor thinks she knows how to combat it.

Autonomous vehicles are bad for the planet, no matter how efficient their computers become.

Climate + Transportation - David & Wes kick things off with a good conversation about the irony of Waymo sponsoring Climate Week events. Electric robotaxis may be c…

While the focus has been on AI agents’ hacking capabilities, a recently patched vulnerability in a ChatGPT app shows that AI software is itself an inviting—and vulnerable—target.

EU Copernicus report shows surface air temperatures from June to August were 2.5C above decadal average

New policy proposed in Bill C-39 will allow developers to buy credits or pay fees to compensate for the habitats they destroy.

Understanding the health consequences of policy is not peripheral to NIH’s mission. It is central to it.

In last week's Substack, we wrote about how politicians have been scapegoating a very specific population of people: “able-bodied adults without dependents,” or ABAWDs for short. The consequences of c...

Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out.

California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...

How the federal government built a massive database of license plate reader data through an anti-drug trafficking program.

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Across the UK, cities are wrestling with familiar challenges: rising congestion, unreliable journeys, and the urgent need to cut emissions while supporting econ

Six years in, all the evidence points in one direction