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commentary The Traitor fever is finally breaking on Capitol Hill, this time for real. What in God’s name happens now? Published June 26, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) President Traitor 47 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) With Traitor 47‘s refusal to sign a bipartisan housing bill that Republicans hoped might save them from doomContinue Reading

A Plastic Motor Just Defied a Century of Engineering Assumptions

Electrostatic forces enable low-voltage actuation without relying on rare earth materials. Nearly every electric motor in modern life, from the fan on your desk to the motor in an electric vehicle, relies on magnetism. For more than a century, magnetic fields have dominated motor design because electrostatic forces were considered too weak for practical machines…Continue Reading

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Yesterday, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy vetoed House Bill 25, led by Rep. Andy Josephson, that would have prohibited single-use polystyrene foodware in restaurants and across Alaska’s government. The bill, which passed the State Senate and House with bipartisan support this spring, would have aligned Alaska with growing action across theContinue Reading

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Scientists exploring ancient seafloor rocks in Morocco discovered mysterious wrinkle patterns where they were never expected to occur. These structures are normally linked to microbial mats in shallow, sunlit waters, yet the rocks formed hundreds of feet below the surface in darkness. Evidence indicates that chemosynthetic microbes created the wrinkles,Continue Reading