We’re here to help if you’ve ever felt out of your depth when someone mentioned a supercar, a pony car, or even just a sports car. Words change their meaning with time, and the same is true of the definitions of high-performance specialized cars, whose names are evolving and whose upper limit continues to rise…
GM announced yesterday that it will invest $8 billion and create two new battery plants to support electrified vehicles. The announcement comes during a busy week for GM in terms of electrification. The business announced additional assistance for electric driverless vehicles on Monday, as well as plans to supply electric trains with batteries and fuel…
I’m a big fan of sci-fi planetary invasions, whether they’re in Star Wars, Halo, or Warhammer 40,000, so when I heard the US Air Force wants to invest $48 million in researching reusable rocket technology that could help shoot cargo or special operations, troops, into space and then bring them down to an austere base…
Pay attention to the mockingbird. This bird makes quite a racket. He imitates a variety of other bird songs, repeating them over and again, sometimes for hours at a time. We wouldn’t have dubbed this bird the mockingbird if we didn’t think its conduct was mildly offensive to other birds. But now pay closer attention.…
When scientists succeeded in cloning the endangered black-footed ferret in December 2020, they took a giant step toward a renewed global goal to battle climate change and biodiversity loss. The triumph of cloning both fulfilled the founding objective of Earth Day and terrified its most ardent supporters. Conservationists took a step ahead in protecting a…
While apps like Signal make it possible to exchange encrypted communications, no system is fully secure. But, owing to quantum mechanics, the esoteric area of science that regulates the cosmos at the lowest scales, encryption may become far more difficult to crack in the future. You’re almost probably viewing this on an electrical gadget that…
Many creatures, from humans (for whom loneliness has lately been dubbed an “epidemic”) to wasps to so-called “Resident” orcas (killer whales in the coastal North Pacific who consume fish and live in matrilineal communities), rely on social ties. The drone footage was utilized in a recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal…
A Canadian radio telescope discovered 535 fast radio bursts in one go, quadrupling the known number of these brief, very powerful events. The long-awaited findings reveal that these perplexing events may be divided into two types: one-time bursts and recurrent bursts that continue at least ten times longer on average. Fast radio bursts could be…
The massive Pine Island Glacier on Antarctica, which is one of the continent’s fastest melting glaciers, is giving climate experts additional cause for concern. Its ice shelf, a frozen ledge at the edge of the Pine Island Glacier, is the source of the problem. The ice shelf aids in the stabilization and containment of the…
Every time you use your phone to join a group chat, watch a YouTube video, or conduct an online search, you leave a digital footprint. This trail may jeopardize your privacy if a buddy borrows your smartphone in the future. It also puts your personal information in danger if your phone falls into the hands…