Pretty in Pink
The perfectly picturesque spiral galaxy known as Messier 81, or M81, looks sharp in this composite from NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes and NASA’s
Month: June 2025
New plug-in hybrids for 2025
Are plug-in hybrids an on-ramp to fully electric vehicles, or undue cost and complexity? Are they something consumers asked for, or something created by bureaucrats
Sulfur-crystal battery could triple EV range without cobalt or nickel
A German startup believes it has the recipe for electric vehicle battery cells that are cheaper, more energy dense, and less problematic for the environment
California has nearly 50% more public EV chargers than gas nozzles
In 2024, public charging in California expanded at record levels The state has double the publicly accessible chargers versus 2022 Nearly 30% of U.S. EV
Playing sports is good for trans kids’ mental health
A new study on trans and gender diverse (TGD) adolescents has found that those who participate in sports have better mental health than those who
Make healthy food more appealing, government tells supermarkets
Supermarkets will be challenged to sell healthier food, under a new government obesity plan.
School sun safety lessons trialled to tackle skin cancer
The new pilot teaches children as young as five how to check UV levels and apply sunscreen.
Microsoft changes Windows in attempt to prevent next CrowdStrike-style catastrophe
In the summer of 2024, corporate anti-malware provider CrowdStrike pushed a broken update to millions of PCs and servers running some version of Microsoft’s Windows
Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data
With Comcast trying to figure out how to stop losing broadband customers, the cable firm yesterday announced new plans that are available nationwide and do
Senate Republicans advance Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ but final vote hangs in balance
Senate leadership twisted arms for an initial vote on the spending plan, which still needs final approval.
‘Jamie Lannister?’ Trump baffles with gushing comments about mystery person
Tweety McTreason on Saturday posted a statement about a person named “Jamie,” baffling some onlookers who wondered to whom the missive was intended. Trump made
‘Great power’: Trump explains what GOP lawmakers can learn from Dems
Tweety McTreason on Saturday night lamented that Republicans don’t do things like Democrats. Trump took to Truth Social over the weekend, first lobbing an attack
Senate Republicans vote to advance Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
The US president’s sweeping tax cut and spending bill clears first hurdle in the Senate.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,221
Here are the key events on day 1,221 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.