Environment
POV: You’re A NASA Probe Skimming The Surface Of The Sun
The Parker Space Probe is described by NASA as being “about the size of a small car,” and its only goal is to fly as close to the sun as possible to try to unravel some solar mysteries. What exactly is going on in the ‘solar corona,’ and what do solar flares really do? The […]
SpaceX Starship Grounded Until It Actually Works Right
Photo: Eric Gay (AP) SpaceX’s Starship rocket may sound great in theory, especially if you believe Elon Musk is going to get humanity to Mars one day (if he’s not still too busy blaming the Jews for the drop in Twitter’s ad revenue) but the last launch didn’t exactly go well. In addition to blowing […]
A Volcano In The U.S. Could Contain The Biggest Lithium Deposit In The World
The site of a former supervolcano at the Oregon and Nevada border could turn out to be the largest lithium deposit in the U.S. and, possibly, the world. New research suggests that the McDermitt Caldera could contain over 132 million tons of lithium, which is enough to meet global demand for decades. This could give […]
Watch A Typhoon Push A Car Backwards As It Drives Into The Wind
Southern China has been battered by Typhoon Haikui. High winds and the heaviest rains in recorded history have flooded cities like Hong Kong and Shenzhen, injuring multiple people and compounding damage already created by last week’s super typhoon Saola. Even though Haikui was downgraded to a tropical depression after making landfall, its devastation has been […]
Heavy Rain Flooded Burning Man, Stranding Over 70,000 In The Desert
Festival-goers at Burning Man were stranded through the weekend after heavy rain turned the Black Rock Desert into a makeshift mud pit. More than 70,000 attendees were ordered to shelter-in-place until Monday, according to Axios, due to persistent rainfall; the area reportedly saw the equivalent of two to three months of rain in a span […]
Consumer Reports Says These Are The Best New SUVs You Can Buy Right Now
Photo: Toyota Consumer Reports tends to favor hybrids, and while they do cost extra, in the case of the Highlander, it’s not as much as you might expect. A Highlander LE starts at $39,020, while the LE Hybrid starts at $40,620. For the extra money, you can expect to get 35 mpg instead of 25 […]
Amazon Drivers Still Had To Deliver Packages During Tropical Storm Hilary
Despite how things were being reported, California was largely spared during Tropical Storm Hilary. There was record rainfall, enough to bring nearly all of the state out of drought conditions. Desert and mountain areas were hit the hardest by flooding. You’d think, though, that with the rain and flooding that some areas were having, services […]
Colorado Will Pay Some Residents $6,000 To Trade In Their Old Car For An EV
Photo: Nissan These days, most new cars are out of reach for Americans who don’t earn six figures, and that includes the vast majority of electric cars. So in order to get more drivers behind the wheel of something more environmentally friendly, Colorado has announced an exchange program that gives owners of older gas and […]