The race to produce a $25,000 electric vehicle (EV) in the U.S. has concluded, but not as expected. Hertz, a well-known car rental company, has been selling off a large portion of its Tesla fleet, totaling around 20,000 vehicles. This shift highlights a change in the EV market, with consumers in 2024 not adopting electric…
In a groundbreaking discovery, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected potential traces of dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18 b, a distant “Goldilocks” world orbiting around a red dwarf star approximately 120 light-years from Earth. This finding raises tantalizing questions about the possibility of extraterrestrial life. Yes, you read that…
True, the catastrophic climate change on Venus had nothing to do with mankind. “Nature can destroy an environment without any help from intelligent of life,” says Tyson. But that doesn’t mean we should give it an assist in the wrong direction. In a year marked by extremes, the pace at which carbon dioxide is accumulating in Earth’s atmosphere…
The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a person in Mexico died from the first confirmed case of the A(H5N2) bird flu in humans. This is also the first time this type of virus has been reported in humans in Mexico. The victim was a 59-year-old from the State of Mexico who passed away in…
If McDonald’s iconic Golden Arches seem a bit dimmer in Europe today, there’s a reason. The EU General Court has ruled against McDonald’s in a case over its Big Mac trademark. This decision came after a long legal battle with Irish competitor Supermac’s. The Big Mac, which has been a staple on McDonald’s menu since…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT service has been grappling with persistent issues today, resulting in multiple outages. The service, which provides AI-generated responses to user queries, has encountered its second major disruption of the day. Users across the ChatGPT mobile apps and web interface are currently experiencing delays in receiving responses. According to OpenAI’s status message, “ChatGPT is…
Joe Biden’s Executive Order 14057 mandates that all new light duty vehicles added to the government fleet are 100% zero emissions by 2027. Other states are taking action that will help accelerate the transition away from the standard fossil fuel combustion engine, resulting in the removal of millions of cars from roads by many states. These…
Within the unassuming foliage of a fern-like plant lies an astonishing revelation: it harbors the most massive genome ever uncovered, surpassing the human genome by over 50 times. Dubbed Tmesipteris oblanceolata, this plant boasts a staggering 160 billion base pairs, the fundamental units of DNA. This surpasses the previous record holder, Paris japonica, by 11…
The phenomenon of emergence is currently underway. Periodical cicadas (Magicicada) are emerging from the ground in immense numbers, possibly trillions, across extensive regions of the southeastern and midwestern United States. Researchers, many of whom typically focus on other insects, are abandoning their usual studies to rush to the sites where these cicadas have surfaced. They…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has raised alarms about an impending solar storm, potentially the most potent in nearly two decades, slated to hit outer space on Friday. This comes as the first such alert issued since 2005, when Earth was engulfed in the highest radiation dose in fifty years. The Severe (G4)…
