The Carbon Cloud Over Artificial Intelligence

Every time you ask AI a question, generate an image, or get a personalized recommendation, something physical happens behind the screen. Massive data centers packed with servers must run nonstop to process information, using huge amounts of electricity and water to stay powered and cool. As AI becomes part of everyday life, its environmental cost is growing alongside its convenience. The challenge is not whether society should stop using AI altogether, but whether we can make this rapidly expanding technology more energy-efficient, transparent, and sustainable before its hidden footprint becomes impossible to ignore. 

Can Artificial Intelligence Help Doctors Detect Cancer Before It Is Too Late?

Cancer is still one of those words that can capture people’s attention. The alarming part for many families is finding out the cancer detection was too late. Early detection is the most important step to make a difference in treatment options and survival. However, cancer diagnosis is still a very complicated process that calls for the need of medical imaging, biopsies, lab testing, and more importantly the overview of many trained specialists. With the ongoing development and advancement of technology in healthcare, the question arises of can AI help healthcare professionals to detect earlier and more accurately. 

Are microplastics slowly killing our hearts?

Right now there is tons of plastic surrounding you. Maybe it’s your plastic water bottle, or the plastic phone case you just bought or even the plastic bag full of chips in your pantry. Plastic is now a ubiquitous part of modern life. As a result microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) have crept their way into the digestive system, blood, lungs, and even your brain. Every week you unknowingly consume enough plastic to make a credit card;1 by the end of your life that number will reach around 45 pounds. This raises the question: what are these microplastics doing to our bodies? One vital system MNPs are attacking is the cardiovascular system, which is made up of the heart, arteries, and a complex vein system. With heart disease being the number one cause of death both globally and in the United States2 the link between MNPs and the cardiovascular system could have major consequences.