It’s Rolls-Royce’s new Pursuit Seat, no actual vehicle required (or included).
African crested rat: The rabbit-sized rodent with poisonous fur
Research collaboration confirms that African crested rats, L. imhausi, not only store poison as a protective mechanism, but appear to be resistant to the toxins themselves.
Why Android apps on Windows will be an uphill battle
Microsoft supposedly has a plan for a new kind of Android-Windows marriage — but it isn’t quite as simple as it seems on the surface.
GM-Nikola deal, Mach-E GT Performance, Best Car To Buy 2021 shortlist: Today’s Car News
We announce the shortlist for Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2021. Ford is planning to build an EV in Germany, and it confirmed its Mach-E GT Performance Edition might be as quick as a Model Y Performance. And GM and Nikola release a very different agreement. This and […]
Exclusive: Emmy-winning visual effects legend Dan Curry beams into his new book ‘Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry’
One of the respected luminaries of the “Star Trek” universe is seven-time Emmy Award-winning visual effects supervisor, matte painter, prop maker, title designer, and storyboard artist Dan Curry, whose 18-year body of work on “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Deep Space Nine,” “Voyager,” and “Enterprise” contributed myriad elements to the […]
Best night sky events of December 2020 (stargazing maps)
See what’s up in the night sky for December 2020, including stargazing events and the moon’s phases, in this Space.com gallery courtesy of Starry Night Software.
Arecibo telescope collapses, ending 57-year run
The Arecibo Observatory is gone. Its 900-ton instrument platform, suspended above a dish in the karst hills of Puerto Rico, collapsed this morning, at about 8 a.m. local time, says Ramon Lugo, director of the Florida Space Institute at the University of Central Florida, which manages the 57-year-old radio telescope […]
Field Test: 2021 Specialized Stumpjumper – The Do It All ‘Er
While forty years separate the very first Stumpjumper and the fancy new one you’re looking at here, its all-around intentions remain the same. What has changed is the recipe, however, with this Stumpy being a 130mm-travel 29er (with a 140mm fork) based on an all-new frame employing a completely different […]