AirTag used by police to track down serial thief in North Carolina
It’s been a little over a year since Apple released its coin-shaped item tracker, AirTag. Since then, we’ve seen loads of stories featuring the good, the bad, and the ugly of these trackers. In the latest story, AirTag wasn’t only used to trac.....»»
Deadly Portugal wildfires force new evacuations
Deadly wildfires raging in Portugal have forced more people to evacuate their homes as crews battled dozens of blazes on Wednesday in the nation's north......»»
Live talk today at noon EDT: Startups and innovation in personal transportation
Michigan Central Station COO Carolina Pluszczynski will join Executive Editor Jamie Butters and Staff Reporter Michael Martinez......»»
A toxic chemical was blamed for killing thousands of Teesside crabs, but a study explains why pyridine isn"t the culprit
In October 2021, thousands of dead and dying crabs and lobsters washed up along 45 miles (70km) of coastline in north-east England. This mass-mortality event coincided with the redevelopment of one of the UK's largest ports at Teesside......»»
Live talk Wednesday at noon: Startups and innovation in personal transportation
Michigan Central Station COO Carolina Pluszczynski will join Executive Editor Jamie Butters and Staff Reporter Michael Martinez......»»
Netflix spotlights the real-life case of a serial killer invading daytime TV in Woman of the Hour
Anna Kendrick unknowingly goes on a date with a serial killer in the chilling teaser for Netflix's upcoming crime thriller, Woman of the Hour......»»
Leveraging body-camera footage to analyze police training impact
A study used body-worn camera footage as a source of data on police-community interactions. Nicholas Camp and colleagues analyzed transcripts from 615 police stops made in California by Oakland Police Department police officers before and after a pro.....»»
Cleanup Group Says It"s on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Cleanup Group Says It"s on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.....»»
Woman slashes officer’s face, dies after officer opens fire in Reston, Fairfax County police say
Woman slashes officer’s face, dies after officer opens fire in Reston, Fairfax County police say.....»»
Cloud as stumbling block for the propagation of the Southern Annular Mode
The Southern Annular Mode (SAM), with an iconic dipolar zonal wind pattern centered around the axis of the storm track, is the most dominant mode of variability orchestrating the weather and wind from the subtropics to the poles. Its origin, maintena.....»»
First iPhone 16 pre-orders now shipping, here’s how to track your order
The first iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro pre-orders have started shipping to buyers. As usual, this doesn’t mean your iPhone 16 will arrive before the September 20 launch date. It does mean, however, that you can easily track your new phone as it trav.....»»
Earth from Space: Copernicus Sential-2 captures algal bloom in north Adriatic Sea
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures algal bloom swirls in the north Adriatic Sea, along the coast of Italy......»»
Most powerful Corvette to date spied on famed German test track?
Chevrolet engineers have been spotted at the Nürburgring track with what could be the most powerful Corvette yet: the rumored Zora......»»
Corvette Zora spied on famed German test track?
Chevrolet engineers have been spotted at the Nürburgring track with what could be the most powerful Corvette yet: the rumored Zora......»»
New findings on the extent of golden jackal expansion
The golden jackal (Canis aureus) has rapidly expanded its range across Europe by thousands of kilometers. It has recently moved into new environments, reaching as far as north of the Arctic Circle in Finland and Norway, and south to the Iberian Penin.....»»
Human drivers keep rear-ending Waymos
We took a close look at the 23 most serious Waymo crashes. Enlarge / A Waymo vehicle in San Francisco. (credit: Photo by JasonDoiy via Getty Images) On a Friday evening last November, police chased a silver sedan across.....»»
Data show trust in police declined among Black Chicago residents after Jacob Blake shooting
Survey data collected from Chicago, Illinois at the time of the 2020 police shooting of Jacob Blake in nearby Wisconsin shows that trust in police plummeted among Black residents after the shooting. Jonathan Ben-Menachem and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa o.....»»
Astronomers track bubbles on star"s surface
For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a star other than the sun in enough detail to track the motion of bubbling gas on its surface. The images of the star, R Doradus, were obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Ar.....»»
Daily 5 report for Sept. 10: Magna pumps the brakes on a North American plant
With EV sales growth slowing, Magna says getting an automaker to commit long term is difficult......»»
Professor calls for national metrics to track prison violence
An article in The Criminologist, written by Nancy Rodriguez, University of California Irvine professor of criminology, law and society, shines a light on the lack of prison violence metrics that could help advance safety......»»
Magna CEO says North American contract assembly plant unlikely amid heightened uncertainty
Magna is pumping the brakes on a potential North American vehicle assembly plant as the supplier signals a more cautious approach to its contract manufacturing business......»»