If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Friday, January 16, 2026, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories.

While noise in general can cause immediate, short-term health effects, there is no scientific research concluding that exposure to the sound of pickleball play has long-term health consequences.

Cutting corners: The jet engine – once a symbol of speed and flight – is finding new life on the ground, fueling the world's artificial intelligence infrastructure. Faced with long delays in ...

There are significant costs to technological innovation. One notable cost, which has been making the rounds in 2025, is the high energy demands of the data centers powering the AI revolution. But, ...

Among the key findings of a report set to be released Monday by a Baltimore nonprofit is a claim that data on juvenile justice in Maryland is “frustratingly incongruent” across agencies, causing ...

My friend Sara, eight weeks after giving birth, left me a tearful voicemail. I’m a clinical psychologist specializing in postpartum depression and psychosis, but mental health wasn’t Sara’s issue.

Michigan regulators approved an "ex parte" motion for contracts between DTE and developers of a massive data center campus planned for Saline Township. The utility says the data center's power demands ...