In late January, a geothermal power startup began conducting an experiment deep below the desert floor of northern Nevada. It pumped water thousands of feet underground and then held it there, watching for what would happen. Geothermal power plants work by circulating water through hot rock deep beneath the surface. Read more…
When a Russian spaceship docked as a lifeboat for three stranded men at the International Space Station in February, one may have wondered if Sergei Krikalev, heading the rescue mission, felt any deja vu. If that name doesn’t ring a bell, he’s also sometimes known as “the last Soviet” for Read more…
“For years, California has championed high-speed rail as its future, even as its marquee project faces headwinds,” writes SFGate. “While the high-speed rail connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco slowly comes to fruition, a separate rail plan in Southern California has finalized an important labor deal, and construction is set Read more…
The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that will stop electric car companies from opening their own dealerships in the state […]. The bill started as House Bill 401, which you can see on the Mississippi Legislature’s website. It amends Mississippi law related to car dealerships, clarifying that EV manufacturers Read more…
A 2012 trip to a Fayetteville, Arkansas, Walmart to pick up some milk turned out to be one for the history books. A giant bug that stopped a scientist in his tracks as he walked into the store and he ended up taking home turned out to be a rare Read more…
RMS Titanic Inc (RMST), which has been collecting artifacts associated with the ship since the 1980s, has hooked up with NFT flinger Artifact Labs and Venture Smart Financial Holdings to “bring the RMS Titanic and its physical artifacts into Web3.” The Register reports: Aiming to “place the legacy of the Read more…
According to research published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, zebra fur is thinly striped and sharply outlined to thwart horsefly attacks. “These characteristics specifically eliminate the outline of large monochrome dark patches that are attractive to horseflies at close distances,” adds Phys.Org. “The team theorizes that the thin back Read more…