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California governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order today that calls for a complete ban of the sale of any new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
Climate Change

"Our cars shouldn’t make wildfires worse — and create more days filled with smoky air."

By Victor Tangermann

Wikipedia is gettings its first major redesign in a decade, with changes scheduled to slowly trickle out over the coming years.
Science & Energy

Is this really necessary?

By Dan Robitzski

Research suggests that the city of Manaus, Brazil may be experience a coronavirus slowdown because enough people got sick to develop herd immunity.
Developments

Is this in store for all of us?

By Dan Robitzski

A team of scientists have turned the first ever image of a black hole released last year into a short animation by digging through their archives.
Science & Energy

"If you want to see a black hole evolve over a decade, there is no substitute for having a decade of data."

By Victor Tangermann

Chinese President Xi Jinping announced Tuesday that China would attempt to go completely carbon neutral by the year 2060.
Climate Change

The country with the greatest carbon emissions is giving itself 40 years to drop them completely.

By Dan Robitzski

Watch Japan’s 60 Foot Gundam Robot Take a Gigantic Knee
Robotics

Watch 55,000 pounds of metal move like its nothing.

By Victor Tangermann

The idea of deep space explorers growing their own food just became more feasible with the discovery that worms can still hunt pests in microgravity.
Off-World

This could be a win for zero gravity agriculture.

By Dan Robitzski

The United States Space Force plans to swear NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins into its ranks during a ceremony aboard the International Space Station.
Science & Energy

The NASA crew hid in an escape capsule.

By Dan Robitzski

During Tesla's Battery Day event Tuesday evening, CEO Elon Musk showed off a video of its upcoming "Plaid" version of its Model S sedan.
Tesla

Things just got even more "ludicrous."

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX just deliberately blew up its latest Starship prototype test tank during a pressure test Tuesday night at the company's test site in Texas.
Starship

"Test Tank SN7.1 has entered the gates of Valhalla!"

By Victor Tangermann

By digging through infrared images of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, scientists have found "strong evidence" of "fresh ice" in its northern hemisphere.
Science & Energy

This could be good news for the chances of life on Saturn's giant "snowball" moon.

By Victor Tangermann

Canadian cops say they pulled over a Tesla that was traveling at 93 miles per hour — while the driver was completely asleep.
Sleep

Seriously?

By Jon Christian

The Wyoming Banking Board just voted to approve Kraken, a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, as a special purpose depository institution.
Cryptocurrency

"By becoming a bank we get direct access to federal payments infrastructure."

By Victor Tangermann

According to a short-seller report, Nikola Motors lied about its One electric semi truck, claiming it was capable of propelling itself in 2018. It couldn't.
Tesla

Nikola is in full damage control mode right now.

By Victor Tangermann

Aerospace multinational Airbus is investigating a new way for airliners to save fuel: fly in formation, just like a herd of migrating geese.
Advanced Transport

"It's very, very different from what the military would call formation flight."

By Victor Tangermann

During Tesla's Battery Day event on Tuesday, CEO Elon Musk revealed how batteries could be integrated into the structural elements of the car.
Elon Musk

In the future, your car's entire frame might be a giant battery.

By Victor Tangermann

A new AI algorithm learned from 17,000 celebrity headshots, and now it can take a quick doodle and turn it into a brand new person.
Artificial Intelligence

The scientists suggest it could bring criminal suspect sketches to life.

By Dan Robitzski

The World Health Organization and other groups are coordinating a global effort to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. The U.S. refused to help.
Viruses

"This isn't just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do."

By Dan Robitzski

During an event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed that his company is planning to get a $25,000 electric car into production within the next three years.
Elon Musk

"We’re confident we can make a very, very compelling $25,000 electric vehicle, that’s also fully autonomous."

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory are launching a spacecraft to the far side of the Moon so it can listen to extremely faint radio signals.
Moon

The mission will probe the "dark ages" of the universe — before any stars formed.

By Dan Robitzski