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Biden’s $623 million charging initiative faces struggles to get EVs over the finish line
Electric Vehicles

Biden’s $623 million charging initiative faces struggles to get EVs over the finish line

Stubbornly high EV prices, cheaper gas, and production setbacks complicate the U.S.’ embrace of electric vehicles.

An image taken by a camera aboard the Peregrine spacecraft, with Earth in the top right.
Private Space Flight

Peregrine sent back this image from its now abandoned lunar mission

The lander is expected to lose power only five days after launching.

A visual collage of skin fossils described in the new study. The mummified skin specimen is shown sliced into two pieces in the center-left of the image. The surrounding specimen scans are of fossilized skin impressions.
Archaeology

Oldest known fossilized reptile skin was dug up in an Oklahoma quarry

Paleontologists believe the fossil is at least 285 million of years old.

Team France in action during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Men's Giant Slalom on February 25, 2023 in Palisades Tahoe, USA.
Environment

Tahoe avalanche: What causes seemingly safe snow slopes to collapse?

A physicist and avid skier explains.

Four of the best telescopes for deep space side by side on a plain background.
Outdoor Gear

The best telescopes for deep space

Gaze deep into the heavens with these powerful telescopes.

Beware the AI celebrity clones peddling bogus ‘free money’ on YouTube
AI

Beware the AI celebrity clones peddling bogus ‘free money’ on YouTube

Steve Harvey, Taylor Swift, and other famous people's sloppy deepfakes are being used in sketchy 'medical card' YouTube videos.

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop launches the agency’s Artemis I flight test on November 16, 2022. The Artemis I mission was the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems.
NASA

NASA delays two crewed Artemis moon missions

Astronauts won’t walk on the moon again until 2026 at the earliest.

NASA plans to unveil experimental X-59 supersonic jet on January 12
Aviation

NASA plans to unveil experimental X-59 supersonic jet on January 12

The cutting-edge plane aims to generate a 75 decibel ‘sonic thump’ instead of a sonic boom.

How to run iPhone apps on your Mac
Tech Hacks

How to run iPhone apps on your Mac

Get your phone apps up on your desktop.

An artist’s impression of a group of G. blacki within a forest in southern China. Four of these giant apes sit on the grass near a stream, while an orangutan hangs from a tree branch. They are brown with yellow-ish manes around their faces.
Wildlife

These extinct, nearly 10-foot-tall apes could not adapt to shifting seasons

A new study pinpoints that changes in climate likely led to Gigantopithecus blacki’s demise.

How video game tech, AI, and computer vision help decode animal pain and behavior
Science

How video game tech, AI, and computer vision help decode animal pain and behavior

Top neuroscience labs are adapting new and unexpected tools to gain a deeper understanding of how mice, and ultimately humans, react to different drug treatments.

Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought
Pollution

Bottled water has up to 100 times more plastic particles than previously thought

New research shows that every liter of bottled water contains 240,000 microscopic pieces of plastic.

Two phone screens displaying Facebook content filters for minors
Social Media

Meta begins automatically restricting teen users to more ‘age-appropriate’ content

The company says Facebook and Instagram users under the age of 18 cannot opt out of the new content restrictions.

The Best Small Printers In 2024
Peripherals

The best small printers

Don’t let the compact size fool you; small printers still have a lot to offer in terms of quality and features.

Waymo plans to put autonomous taxis on freeways ‘in the coming weeks’
Self Driving

Waymo plans to put autonomous taxis on freeways ‘in the coming weeks’

The company says it will take a 'phased' approach.

Fruit bats hanging on tree branches in daylight in Bangladesh on November 6, 2023.
Evolution

Why fruit bats can eat tons of sugar without getting diabetes

The answer could lie in their genes.

Microscopic view of Oikopleura dioica
Biology

This tiny sea creature builds a ‘snot palace’ to capture food

Oikopleura dioica’s feeding processes could help design new water pumps systems.

A white toilet bowl in a bathroom with yellow brick walls is surrounded by multiple shelves holding plants and towels.
Biology

Scientists finally discover the enzyme that makes pee yellow

Understanding bilirubin reductase could lead to better treatments for gallstones, jaundice, and inflammatory bowel disease.

There’s a new Covid-19 variant and cases are ticking up. What do you need to know?
Health

There’s a new Covid-19 variant and cases are ticking up. What do you need to know?

The covid virus is continually changing. Here's how it could affect you.

Silhouette of people using phones against OpenAI logo
AI

OpenAI argues it is ‘impossible’ to train ChatGPT without copyrighted work

The tech company says it has 'a mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.'