How the EV skateboard chassis was born
Former GM CEO Rick Wagoner challenged his company's R&D operations to reinvent the automobile. The skateboard was a team effort, says Larry Burns, who ran the automaker's R&D and planning from 1998 to 2009......»»
The Next Generation of Gaming Didn"t Actually Arrive With Xbox Series X and PS5
A year ago, the next generation of console gaming was supposed to have arrived. The Xbox Series X (and Series S) and PlayStation 5 strode boldly onto the scene, with massive chassis and even bigger promises of games with better graphics, shorter load.....»»
The 1619 Project"s "Born on the Water" is the book all American children need
Picture yourself as a Black elementary school student who was just assigned a project to trace your family’s roots. You notice that your white peers have no problems at all going back hundreds of years to document their lineage, but outside of.....»»
Two mountain gorillas born in DR Congo"s Virunga park
Two new-born mountain gorillas have further boosted the endangered species' baby boom underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park, authorities have said......»»
Image: Hubble spies newly forming star incubating in IC 2631
Stars are born from clouds of gas and dust that collapse under their own gravitational attraction. As the cloud collapses, a dense, hot core forms and begins gathering dust and gas, creating an object called a "protostar.".....»»
Image: Nebula churns out massive stars in new Hubble image
Stars are born from turbulent clouds of gas and dust that collapse under their own gravitational attraction. As the cloud collapses, a dense, hot core forms and begins gathering dust and gas, creating a protostar. This star-forming nebula in the cons.....»»
Unraveling the origins of innate behavior in flies
Human babies are born knowing how to suckle, and larval flies hatch knowing how to crawl. But even these innate behaviors don't appear out of nowhere......»»
Infants as Young as Two Months May Be Able to Detect Faces and Scenes
Baby-brain-scanning experiments fuel the debate over whether humans are born with these abilities -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
India"s born-again elephants repel four-legged rampages
Moorthy killed 21 people and terrorised entire villages in southern India for years before he was captured and retrained to repel similar attacks by other wild elephants starved due to deforestation......»»
Catcher diversifying target markets to automotive, 5G, medical
Chassis maker Catcher Technology has been stepping up its deployments in the automotive electronics, medical care and 5G-related device sectors, looking to shift more focus away from the smartphone sector......»»
Racial discrimination is linked to suicidal thoughts in Black adults and children
Frederick Douglass is regarded as one of the most prominent abolitionists the world has ever seen. Alongside his extraordinary contributions as an influential speaker, writer and human rights advocate, Douglass—who was born into slavery and gained.....»»
Examining the 1,800-plus "young" volcanoes in the US Southwest
They're born. They live once, erupting for a period that might last for days, years or decades. Then, they go dark and die......»»
Researchers move closer to controlling two-dimensional graphene
The device you are currently reading this article on was born from the silicon revolution. To build modern electrical circuits, researchers control silicon's current-conducting capabilities via doping, which is a process that introduces either negati.....»»
Horse riding confirmed as a viable mobility treatment for cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy (CP) affects around two out of every 1000 children born worldwide. Physical therapy is the foremost way of improving movement, balance, and posture in children with CP. Research has shown that hippotherapy, a form of physical therapy i.....»»
Brazil scientists test frozen jaguar semen to help species
Brazilian and American scientists on Thursday tranquilized a wild-born female jaguar now living in a protected area in Sao Paulo state. They're hoping the 110-pound feline named Bianca could make history for the second time in two years......»»
You’ve never seen a PC case like this mini-ITX chassis from Swedish designer
Teenage Engineering, a Swedish design studio, just released a DIY mini-ITX PC case -- computer-1. This one-of-a-kind case sold out within minutes......»»
Study: Cutting carbon emissions and air pollution in cities has the potential to dramatically improve child health
Improved air quality in cities resulting from cutting carbon emissions could lead to large reductions in childhood asthma cases, premature births and incidences of babies born at an unhealthily low weight, according to a study carried out by research.....»»
Egyptian fruit bat pups steer echolocation beams from day zero
A trio of researchers with Tel Aviv University's School of Zoology has found that newly born Egyptian fruit bats are capable of steering echolocation beams. In their paper published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Grace Smarsh, Yif.....»»
Flexible device could treat hearing loss without batteries
Some people are born with hearing loss, while others acquire it with age, infections or long-term noise exposures. In many instances, the tiny hairs in the inner ear's cochlea that allow the brain to recognize electrical pulses as sound are damaged......»»
A Chip Is Born: RP2040-Based Boards Go From 0 to 60+ With Impressive Speed
The microcontroller market — where chips designed for real-time embedded use are placed into development boards typically referred to as “microcontrollers” themselves — is rarely shaken up. If you want something friendly to beginners.....»»
Apple"s "iPhone SE 3" may be based on iPhone XR, and be last LCD model
A new industry report says that the "iPhone SE 3" may have more of a chassis redesign than expected, bringing Touch ID to a side button, and being Apple's last-ever LCD iPhone.Apple has long been reported to be working on an "iPhone SE 3," which is e.....»»