The US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it “among the largest deregulatory actions under the second Trump Administration.” It’s a nail in the coffin for Biden-era standards that would have required fleet average fuel economy to reach 50.4 miles per gallon by model year 2031. President Donald […]
ESA’s Juice spacecraft has flown past Earth, using the planet’s gravity to reshape its trajectory as it continues its eight-year journey to Jupiter.
SpaceX Starship reached orbit for the first time on Monday, Sept. 28, as it began a 10-hour mission that will end with its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.
First announced in July with an expected limited launch later this year, the Philips Sonicare Next-Generation DiamondClean 9900 Prestige smart toothbrush is now available in Europe and the US, with a broader global rollout expected in 2027. While the previous iteration is still available and discounted from $429.99, the new “Next-Gen DiamondClean” version is debuting […]
What separates the good from the great? A study of 44,000 chess players points to one habit most people skip: going back to study their own mistakes.
SpaceX is gearing up for a monumental flight today that’s sure to be closely watched by Amazon. If successful, SpaceX will deploy its first Starlink V3 satellites, which tout meaningful upgrades to the ever-expanding Starlink constellation. The 26 satellites will be riding atop Starship, which SpaceX will also attempt to deploy into Earth orbit for […]
We have spent decades learning how sharks live, hunt and reproduce. But if we want to conserve them, we also need to understand the humans sharing their oceans. A new scoping review of 171 peer-reviewed studies reveals what we know about people’s perce…
Startup Star Catcher is launching a system that, if successful, would be the first time energy has been beamed between two separate spacecraft.
Mathematics has been one of humanity’s most creative endeavors, akin to painting and poetry. Now, mathematicians are trying to save it from the brute force of AI.
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).