When the e-scooter company he once worked for, Matt Gialich, was forced to pause production due to a shortage of platinum, a key component of the microprocessor that transfers commands from the controls to the motor, he fell down the rabbit hole of researching metals. Gialich, whose childhood love of space led him to engineering… Read More »
Farmers have been facing record rainfall for at least the past year, meaning food produced in Britain has fallen dramatically. Livestock and crops have been affected as fields have been flooded since last autumn due to exceptionally rainy months for 18 months. According to the Met Office, 1,695.9 mm of rain fell from October 2022… Read More »
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Biden administration has taken a key step in an expedited environmental review of what could be the third lithium mine in the United States. wild flower The Bureau of Land Management last week released more than 2,000 pages of documentation on its draft environmental impact statement for the Rhyolite Ridge… Read More »
Australia’s first female astronaut, Katherine Bennell-Pegg, graduated from the European Space Agency’s (Esa) training program on Monday night. She may not be able to take a giant leap into space anytime soon, but she’s on a mission to support the space industry and inspire women and girls. Bennell-Pegg, the Australian Space Agency’s (Asa) director of… Read More »
John Oliver tackled the thorny, potentially entertaining topic of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) on Sunday evening; “It’s a difficult topic to talk about,” the Last Week Tonight host said, “because UFOs are discussed in one of two ways.” First, it’s “wildly speculative,” like claiming that Renaissance painters depicted alien invaders. The second way is direct… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. NASA engineers have received decipherable data from Voyager 1 for the first time in five months after coming up with a creative solution to solve humanity’s communications problem on the most distant spacecraft in the… Read More »
Elephants mourn their dead, octopuses play catch, gray parrots recognize themselves in the mirror. What about the crabs weighing their decisions, the bees playing and the fruit flies dreaming? The past decade has seen rapid advances in the field of animal consciousness, overturning common assumptions about which types of animals show signs of consciousness. The… Read More »
A potential ban of TikTok in the US passed the House of Representatives over the weekend as part of a bipartisan $95 billion foreign aid package. The crackdown on social media may be poised to become law, as President Joe Biden has promised to sign it if it passes the Senate and reaches his desk.… Read More »
As someone whose job it is to research the best kitchen sales, I’m well-versed in spotting a value deal, and believe me, A lot the guys are there. So what makes me an expert on kitchenware? As a professional baker, I’ve been working with these tools, so I know a thing or two about quality.… Read More »