Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Amazon’s first day back in the office felt like any other Thursday. Which is to say, none too busy in downtown Seattle. In Seattle’s South Lake…
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Will Trump defy MAGA and support them?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Of all the rich and powerful people cozying up to President-elect Donald Trump, few have rushed to Mar-a-Lago faster than the crowned heads of big tech,…
Pittsburgh-based autonomous truck company hits safety hangup with feds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain After years of preparations, Aurora Innovation’s big launch of autonomous trucks in Texas is facing an unlikely stumbling block: safety triangles. When a traditional big rig…
Tesla data helped police after Las Vegas truck explosion, but experts have wider privacy concerns
Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill briefs the media about the Tesla Cybertruck which exploded in front of the entrance to Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025,…
New Insight into Genetic Disease Variability
Summary: New research reveals that certain cells inactivate one parent’s copy of a gene, leading to a bias in gene activity that may explain why some individuals with disease-causing mutations…
UK, Germany electricity cleanest on record in 2024
Turbines like these off the coast of Wales are expected to help wind power become Britain’s largest source of electricity in 2025. Britain and Germany produced their cleanest electricity on…
Emerging field of ‘energy meteorology’ sheds light on solar farms’ desert impact
A solar farm in the desert. Credit: Coimbra Research Group, 2018 Rooftop solar panels are popular in many parts of the world, but power is generated much more cheaply and…
Robots can now walk through muddy and slippery terrain, thanks to moose-like feet
A robot with “moose shoes”. Roboticists at the Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) have developed a new class of bio-inspired feet that significantly enhance robot mobility on challenging terrains like…
A strategic advantage with global implications
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain China’s dominance in critical minerals is shaping the global green transition—but at what cost? The battery in an electric car and the magnets in wind turbines…
