As you may be aware, Vernon Unsworth (hero of the Philippines cave rescue) recently lost a defamation case against Elon Musk, who had called him a “pedo”. Such are the vagaries of American defamation law that, even though the accusation was completely false, and Musk admitted as much, Unsworth lost
Press release: NZ First Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters and Civil Defence Minister Peeni Henare on Wednesday announced the deployment of a network of DART (Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami) buoys. “New Zealand and the Pacific region are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters. It is vital we have adequate
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The Daily Mail reports: (Emphasis added) Dozens of Tesla drivers in California were forced to wait in an extensive line after what should’ve been a quick stop at a Supercharger station turned into an hours-long ordeal. Shanon Stellini was travelling through Kettleman City on November 30 when she stumbled
Matt Ridley poses a question: Here’s a quiz; no conferring. To the nearest whole number, what percentage of the world’s energy consumption was supplied by wind power in 2014, the last year for which there are reliable figures? Was it 20 per cent, 10 per cent or 5
In this video, you will be amazed to see how the fastest 5g technology is being used to remotely control super advanced technologies you’ve never seen before. Watch the video to learn more…
TSA testing advanced airport security technology As the Transportation Security Administration field tests advanced screening technologies for passengers at an airport teminal in Las Vegas, researchers at the University of Rhode Island are also developing new ways to detect explosives that may even surpass the abilities of bomb-sniffing dogs. Kris
Alan Finkel, Office of the Chief Scientist In 1874, science fiction author Jules Verne set out a prescient vision that has inspired governments and entrepreneurs in the 145 years since. In his book The Mysterious Island, Verne wrote of a world where “water will one day be employed as fuel,
It’s striking just how thoroughly bourgeois is the climate change phenomenon, at every level from the Eton old boys behind Extinction Rebellion to the Greens-voting wealthy inner suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney. Climate change is the ultimate first-world problem, the almost exclusive preserve of the anxious middle-classes. The sort
Evie Kendal, Deakin University Tesla’s new “Blade Runner-inspired” electric cybertruck has the world turning its head. The internet has had a field day since the vehicle’s launch on Thursday, with users finding creative ways to ridicule the truck’s eccentric design. This isn’t the first time Tesla
14-Year-Old Invents Driving Technology of the Future A 14-year-old student may have revolutionized the way people drive. Alaina Gassler, a freshman at Avon Grove Charter School in West Grove, Pennsylvania, just won a $25,000 prize for potentially eliminating the blind spots on a car. It all started with their
Why do all the pictures you take underwater look blandly blue-green? The answer has to do with how light travels through water. Derya Akkaynak, an oceangoing engineer, has figured out a way to recover the colorful brilliance of the deep. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to
Despite Facebook’s pretensions to stamping out fake news and fraud on its platform, it seems often remarkably reluctant to do so. Even when certain very rich individuals are making it known in no uncertain terms that outright scams are being run on Facebook. For most of the past year,
Well, that is one way of describing it, I guess. Do you remember the incident in March 2018 when a pedestrian was struck and killed by a ‘self-driving’ Uber car? The driver was seemingly distracted at the time and was apparently relying on the software to drive the car. However,
