Data briefs

The news, measured.

Each brief starts from a story on the wire and adds one open dataset the story did not show. 17 briefs, 42 open sources. Saved · RSS

40.4 GWEnergyPlanned US gas capacity through 2030 rose 49% in EIA filings, to 60 GWPlanned gas through 2030, Dec 2025 file228.2 GWEnergyUS solar capacity hit 228 GW by July 2026, nearly 7x its 2016 levelUS solar PV, July 2026 (EIA)2Energy2026's first hurricane is already 25 days later than any since 1950Median first hurricane, 1950-202578.68AIGoogle's EmbeddingGemma 2 claim tops every sub-1.7B model on MTEB CodeEmbeddingGemma 2, claimed MTEB Code54SpaceNobel science winners' median age at award is 71.5, up from 54 in the 1900sMedian age, 1900s decade