Hearing Aids Cut Dementia Risk Even When Memory Test Scores Don't Budge

A seven-year study found hearing aids cut dementia risk significantly, even though memory test scores never improved. The gap between those two facts reveals a lot.

Iran's strike on Qatar's North Field infrastructure exposes how deeply the world's LNG supply chain depends on stability in one of its most volatile neighborhoods.

New research suggests depression in older adults may be a neurological warning sign of Parkinson's or Lewy body dementia, not just a mood disorder.

A new direct sales law gives Rivian a critical foothold just as its mass-market R2 SUV prepares to launch — and the ripple effects could reshape EV retail nationwide.

MiniMax's new M2.7 model can automate up to half of its own reinforcement learning research workflow, and the implications go far beyond one startup.

A deal meant to give Chile's Indigenous communities a share of lithium wealth has instead split them along lines that money alone cannot repair.

China leads the world in renewable capacity, yet its industrial scale and fossil fuel dependency mean the next energy shock will hit Beijing hard.

South Korea imports 93% of its energy, and the current shock is exposing a feedback loop between commodity prices, the won, and corporate margins.