North Carolina’s largest newspaper, Raleigh’s News & Observer newspaper, reports that “In the face of stiff opposition from farm equipment companies and dealers, North Carolina state senators on Tuesday walked back a provision that would have widened access to the repair of farming equipment.” The so-called “right to repair” provision Read more…
Ford’s fuel-economy figures for the 2013-2014 C-Max hybrids “were not based in reality” says Iowa’s attorney general. And now the Ford Motor Company “will pay $19.2 million to a consortium of 40 states and Washington,D.C.,” writes Consumer Reports (which also covers additional false advertising about the payload capacity of its Read more…
Despite being around 4,300 miles in length, the Amazon River surprisingly has no bridges. The Amazon River is the world’s second-longest river and one of the planet’s most significant waterways… Given the Amazon flows through three countries (Peru, Colombia and Brazil) and more than 30 million people live in the Read more…
The IndyCar racing series is switching to an entirely renewable fuel next year. On Friday, ahead of Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 race, IndyCar announced that starting next year, the race cars will be powered by a new, second-generation renewable ethanol race fuel developed by Shell. The manufacturing process for IndyCar’s ethanol Read more…
In response to pesticides, many cockroach females have lost their taste for sweet stuff, which changes how they make the next generation of insects. When a male cockroach wants to mate with a female cockroach very much, he will scoot his butt toward her, open his wings and offer her Read more…
The building of the world’s largest bioreactors to produce cultivated meat has been announced, with the potential to supply tens of thousands of shops and restaurants. Experts said the move could be a “gamechanger” for the nascent industry. The US company Good Meat said the bioreactors would grow more than Read more…
Starting this fall with its locations in California, the Swedish furniture giant Ikea will sell the means to power your Starkvind (that’s an air purifier) and Stjarnstatus (that’s a fridge) by adding solar panels to the company’s offerings. Thankfully, assembly will be handled by the professionals. To bring photovoltaics — Read more…