Imagine if we traded in fingerprints for tongue prints. Kues / Shutterstock The world is full of oddities. Some are delightful; others are just plain strange. But every single one reminds us how much there still is to learn. Here are 29 weird facts that’ll make you do a double-take. 1. Your Tongue Print IsContinue Reading
A close-up image of asteroid Ryugu. A new analysis of samples from the space rock hints that flowing water once coursed through its interior. (Image credit: ISAS/JAXA, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) Scientists in Japan now believe that liquid water once flowed through the heart of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, after researchers detectedContinue Reading
The parents of teenagers who killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots are planning to testify to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology. Matthew Raine, the father of 16-year-old Adam Raine of California, and Megan Garcia, the mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III of Florida, areContinue Reading
ATLANTA (AP) — It seems like a terrible time to build an electric vehicle plant in the United States, but Rivian Automotive leaders say they’re confident as the company starts long-delayed work on a $5 billion facility in Georgia. The money-losing California-based company breaks ground Tuesday east of Atlanta despiteContinue Reading
Order leaves thousands of students without transportation Friday and complicates the electric vehicle company’s efforts to revive its businessContinue Reading
Quadrapassel, the GNOME Tetris clone, is about to land its first major update in nearly four years. he headline change in Quadrapassel 49 is a long-awaited port to GTK4/libadwaita. This gives the game a modern look that fits in with the modern GNOME desktop by using the latest design conventions.Continue Reading
This week, Charged is hosting a virtual conference on EV engineering that’s free to attend. The conference includes live webinar sessions with interactive Q&As and on-demand webinars. All of the live sessions will be recorded and available to view after the broadcasts. The recorded videos can be accessed on each session’s registration page.Continue Reading
ABB Installation Products’ new Microlectric EM Series Electric Vehicle Energy Management System (EVEMS) is designed to optimize residential energy distribution and avoid costly electrical upgrades. ABB’s EVEMS, which is aimed at the Canadian market, ensures that EVs charge only when sufficient electrical capacity is available. The system intelligently monitors availableContinue Reading
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Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport(SYD) in the Australian state of New South Wales has unveiled its plans to be able to handle an annual total of over 72 million passengers in 20 years’ time. Known as Master Plan 2045, this initiative will see the Australian hub grow its passenger capacity byContinue Reading
A recent investigation by The Wall Street Journal has brought renewed attention to “fume events” aboard commercial aircraft, where toxic fumes from engine oil or hydraulic fluids enter cabins and cockpits through what’s known as the bleed-air system. Crew reports indicate the frequency of such events has climbed dramatically inContinue Reading
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian authorities said Tuesday that social media platforms should not demand age verification for all account holders starting from December, when a ban on children under 16 having accounts goes into effect in the country. The government released guidelines on how platforms such as TikTok, Facebook,Continue Reading
Mozilla Firefox 143 is out, a browser update that adds a handful of iterative improvements and privacy buffs, as well as a long-requested feature. As a refined, last month’s Firefox 142 update brought Topic-based controls for stories shown on the New Tab page (US only), an option to add exceptionsContinue Reading