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• Massive Power Shortfall In Northeast Thanks To AI Data Centers

  21-07-2026 16:01 via technocracy.news
  
  Average electricity prices have surged by 18 percent across the U.S. since Trump took office in January 2025, driven in part by an energy deficit in the Northeast of 6.8 gigawatts. New Jersey consumers are hit hardest by a massive 27 percent shock wave with no end in sight. Technocracy was consumed with energy pricing in the 1930s, and now it comes full circle in 2026. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.The largest US power grid failed for a third straight year to secure enough future supply comm
  
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• Antarctic Meltwater Is Making Glaciers Slide Faster Toward the Ocean

  21-07-2026 01:29 via scitechdaily.com
  
  A new study uses boreholes drilled deep beneath Antarctic ice to investigate why the continent’s glaciers are accelerating. More than half a kilometer beneath an East Antarctic glacier, sensors detected water pressure high enough to support almost all the ice above. The measurements provide the first direct confirmation that meltwater from the surface can reach [...]
  
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• Ancient Dog Skulls Rewrite the Story of Canine Evolution

  21-07-2026 00:19 via scitechdaily.com
  
  Ancient bones and DNA reveal that dog diversity and their close relationship with migrating humans developed thousands of years ago. Place a village dog beside a toy poodle and a mastiff, and the extraordinary physical range of a single species becomes obvious. An estimated 700 million dogs now live alongside or near humans worldwide. Dogs [...]
  
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