We could be headed for a solar power renaissance as costs keep dropping
Politicians and lobbying groups still regularly dismiss the science of climate change and efforts to increase the use of cleaner forms of energy like wind and solar. However, any opposition to the...
View ArticleGroundbreaking fMRI study finds 4 distinct neurological subtypes of depression
New research from Weill Cornell has isolated four distinct neurotypes of depression. But its knock-on effects are much wider in scope. The work establishes biomarkers for depression, and it sheds new...
View ArticleLatest MH370 report identifies new area for search, but Australia isn’t...
Researchers and scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) have released two reports that identify a new...
View ArticleHyundai Ioniq self-driving car: flawless, all right turns, no danger of...
LAS VEGAS – The Hyundai Ioniq Autonomous Concept drove circles around Las Vegas last week. Specifically, the Ioniq drove itself on a three-mile loop around the Las Vegas Convention Center and repeated...
View ArticleEPA now concedes fracking is a hazard to drinking water
After a year-long review of the data, the EPA has concluded that fracking poses a systemic danger to clean groundwater. But it’s not solely inherent to the technology of fracking itself. Human handling...
View ArticleMIT study: Driverless truck platoons will save fuel and money, especially if...
Autonomously driven trucks can save the cost of drivers. Assembling into platoons (what used to be called convoys) that depart at regular intervals raises scheduling efficiency. Truck platoons that are...
View ArticleNASA says dwarf planet Ceres has plenty of water ice
Ceres presented mysteries before the NASA Dawn spacecraft even reached it. Long range images of Ceres taken by the probe revealed unexpected points of light on the surface. There was speculation this...
View ArticleThis app gives every last corner of Earth an address
Imagine being lost on the side of a mountain, or on a remote ski slope, and being able to tell rescuers your actual location in just three words. Or a system that could get mail to people in the...
View ArticleThe supervolcano that may have killed off Europe’s Neanderthals is stirring...
The Phlegraean Fields (Italian: Campi Flegrei) are a series of craters and volcanic areas located near Naples, Italy. Like the Yellowstone caldera in the United States, the Phlegraean Fields have...
View ArticleHonda may team up with Waymo to make self-driving cars
Google’s self-driving car program was exposed some years back when it was still part of the mysterious Google X research division. The company’s organizational structure has changed markedly since...
View ArticleNORAD tracks Santa, and everyone else has orbital ambitions: this week in space
Everyone seems to be casting their eyes to the moon lately. Between the three supermoons and the lunar eclipse, NASA’s tentative overtures toward manned lunar exploration, and the Lunar X Prize, the...
View ArticleStar Citizen developer Chris Roberts clarifies engine change, promises move...
On December 23, Star Citizen announced its 2.6 Alpha, with Star Marine (the FPS counterpart to Squadron 42, Star Citizen’s space-combat storyline), updates to Arena Commander, and a variety of other...
View ArticleCarrie Fisher, iconic film heroine, has died at the age of 60
Carrie Fisher died today, December 27 2016, four days after suffering a heart attack while en route on a flight from London to Los Angeles. She was said to be in full cardiac arrest while aboard the...
View ArticleEye candy from space: The most beautiful panoramas and photos of the universe...
You guys just absolutely wouldn’t believe the mind-boggling array of cosmic beauty I got to comb through in pursuit of the most intriguing and beautiful images from space. If we had eyes like...
View ArticleWalking again: Hyundai’s exoskeleton helps paraplegics move on their own
LAS VEGAS – At the same time Hyundai brings autonomy to driving, the company is bringing walking to paraplegics. Soon, people who have use of their arms but not their legs can strap on H-MEX, the...
View ArticleQualcomm fined $865 million by South Korean FTC for abusive business practices
The South Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) has fined Qualcomm $ 865 million dollars for violations of antitrust law. Qualcomm, as one might expect, strongly disputes the charges. Several of the...
View ArticleVaporware: 2016’s wall of shame
With this blighted year finally drawing to a close, it’s time to review our favorite products that didn’t manage to launch this year. Vaporware was a many-splendored thing this year, with entries from...
View ArticleFacebook’s censorship regime is a dangerous gamble
After months of stubborn resistance, Facebook has finally caved to pressure from users and officials around the globe: it will begin experimenting with ways of filtering its news content for so-called...
View ArticleThe year in space: Supernovas, gravitational waves, theoretical planets, and...
The most powerful supernova ever recorded started our year off with a bang and pushed the limits of astrophysics like they didn’t matter. At its peak it was 600 billion times brighter than our sun,...
View ArticleFive reasons you should buy a car right now
The year’s best deals on new cars are often at the end of December. Automakers want to unload the last 2016s and keep 2017s moving. Demand is lower in winter. And automakers, dealers and sales reps all...
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