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Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. “Hello, I just committed a crime and I want to confess,” a panicked sounding man said in a call to a police department in February. “I’ve placed explosives inside a local school,’ the man continued. “You did what?!” the …

Rebuilding the country’s cities, which results in the use of material and also requires pollutive heavy machinery, could cost as high as $600 billion. Even though environmental damage isn’t often brought to a court of law, experts think the Ukrainian conflict could change that. Many organizations such as Zoï Environmental Network, Ecoaction, CEOBS, PAX, Environment-People-Law, …

Getting enough sleep isn’t easy, especially when so many other things – children, job, illness, stress, environment and, yes, even Daylight Savings Time – are working against you. Poor sleep can be caused by sleep apnea, doctors say, which can trigger cardiovascular problems and other serious health issues. So how do you know if your …

While Alcatraz is now a tourist attraction, the nearby San Quentin prison remains the nation’s oldest prison, having been built in 1854. Of course, prisons can be renovated, but the criminal justice system is too often stuck in the past — including when it comes to technology. Now, the current coronavirus epidemic has placed a …

  SEATTLE, Wash.,– Fall back… Spring forward. This weekend many of us will be adjusting our body clocks, and getting one less hour of sleep. On Sunday at 2 am, the time will advance instantly but it will take longer for our body clocks to adjust. Losing one hour may not seem like much, but …

Crews work to right a semi-truck overturned on U.S. Highway 93 by high winds Saturday Feb. 1, 2020.  Perry Backus, Ravalli Republic Mother Nature caused some literal whiplash across western Montana Saturday, first teasing people with spring-like record-breaking warmth, then whipping the region with winds that flipped a semi-truck and downed power-lines, leading to outages and …

Unlike in past primaries, many Democratic contenders are treating the climate crisis as a major campaign issue. Many leading Democrats have said they support the Green New Deal, an ambitious and sweeping set of policy proposals to address climate change, or have proposed similar plans. RELATED: Here is what Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke and others …