Obituary: Former Hendrick CEO Edward Brown III dies at 74
In 2010, banking executive Brown came out of retirement to become CFO for Hendrick......»»
Pioneering Calif. dealer Bert Boeckmann dies at 92
Boeckmann joined Galpin Ford in 1953 as a salesman and worked his way up to ownership......»»
Food, fertilizer, fuel? Hunt is on for solutions to Caribbean"s exploding seaweed problem
Most of the troubles plaguing the subtropical waters of Florida and the Caribbean revolve around disappearing marine life: coral reefs, fish populations, sea grass beds. It's decidedly the opposite case with sargassum, the floating brown seaweed that.....»»
Nuke-launching AI would be illegal under proposed US law
Markey and Lieu seek to ban fed funds for nuke launches without "meaningful human control." Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a nuclear mushroom cloud. (credit: Midjourney) On Wednesday, US Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.....»»
Judge slams Tesla for claiming Musk quotes captured on video may be deepfakes
Court will likely require Musk deposition in Tesla Autopilot wrongful death case. Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019. (credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP.....»»
Dozens of woodland bird species are threatened, and we still don"t know what works best to bring them back
Australia's woodland birds include colorful parrots, flitting honeyeaters, bright blue fairywrens and the unassuming "little brown birds." Some, such as willie wagtails, laughing kookaburras and rosellas are found in urban gardens. Others, such as sw.....»»
Researchers conduct whale fall studies in the South China Sea
In the late 1980s, scientists discovered that when a whale dies, its carcass sinks to the ocean bottom and a new ecosystem springs forth around the carcass. The carcass becomes a food source for this new ecosystem. A team of researchers recently unde.....»»
Rick Hendrick buys first Corvette E-Ray for $1.1M
The North Carolina dealer and racing team owner has spent nearly $6 million buying VIN 001 Corvettes at recent auctions......»»
Former GM president Lloyd Reuss dies
A mechanical engineer, classic company man and former Buick general manager, Reuss used his post-GM career to champion engineering and support education and training opportunities for thousands of Detroiters......»»
Former GM president Lloyd Reuss dies
A mechanical engineer, classic company man and former Buick general manager, Reuss used his post-GM career to champion engineering and support education and training opportunities for thousands of Detroiters......»»
How Bears Hibernate without Getting Blood Clots
Hibernating brown bears avoid the blood clots that can develop in even temporarily immobile people. Scientists now think they know how the animals do it.....»»
New blue light technique could enable advances in understanding nanoscale technologies
With a new microscopy technique that uses blue light to measure electrons in semiconductors and other nanoscale materials, a team of Brown University researchers is opening a new realm of possibilities in the study of these critical components, which.....»»
Ghana"s fishing industry has a "golden seaweed" problem—how citizen science can help
Sargassum is a genus of brown seaweed. Over 300 species are distributed across the world in both temperate and tropical climates. The species fluitans and natans are unique because they spend their life cycle floating on the ocean, never attaching to.....»»
Former Toyota-GM exec Mark Hogan, longtime bridge between U.S. and Japan, dies
Mark Hogan helped lead General Motors, Toyota and supplier Magna over a career spanning more than four decades......»»
Study: Only a few bears responsible for beehive-based human-wildlife conflicts in Poland
A team of researchers has figured out a way to track the DNA left by brown bears guilty of breaking into aviaries in Poland to reveal the exact culprits—an important aspect of solving conflicts between humans and wildlife......»»
Why Britain"s loudest bird is booming after decades of decline
The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a reclusive bird belonging to the heron family. Close to the size of a chicken, bitterns are a mix of golden-brown mottled with delicate black and tan. With long, green legs and large feet, these birds are.....»»
Contaminated drinking water alerts cause up to 10% school absence rates in Jackson, Mississippi
When a team led by researchers from Brown University's School of Public Health tried to gather data about the health effects of the longstanding water contamination crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, little was available, even on the toxicity of the wat.....»»
ESMT sees memory KGD shipments pick up
Niche-market memory IC design house Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (ESMT) started seeing shipments of memory known-good dies (KGD) pick up in March, which the company views as an indication of demand recovery......»»
Pang Pha, the Asian elephant, taught herself how to peel a banana
The elephant only peels yellow-brown bananas when alone, and can do so faster than humans. An elephant named Pang Pha learned how to peel a banana with her trunk—but only yellow-brown bananas. Credit: Kaufmann et al., 2023/Current.....»»
Timing of snowshoe hare winter color swap may leave them exposed in changing climate, study finds
Like many animals in the far north, snowshoe hares change their coats from brown to white each autumn. Come winter, these all-white hares are harder for predators to spot against the snowy landscape, helping ensure their survival......»»
How did Earth get its water?
Earth's water could have originated from interactions between the hydrogen-rich atmospheres and magma oceans of the planetary embryos that comprised Earth's formative years, according to new work from Carnegie Science's Anat Shahar and UCLA's Edward.....»»