NASA’s Perseverance rover has brought the “family portrait” bumper sticker fad to a whole new world.
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SpaceX fires up SN10 Starship prototype for 2nd time
SpaceX has fired up its newest Starship prototype for the second time, continuing the vehicle’s test-flight prep.
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Apple releases macOS update to prevent damage from third-party docks and dongles
Apple is once again releasing an update to prevent a charging problem from killing MacBooks — this time it’s to fix a problem where 2019 and later MacBook Pros, and 2020 and later MacBook Airs were being damaged when connected to third-party USB-C hubs and docks (via MacRumors).
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Halo Infinite is looking a lot better in these 4K screenshots
We got our first look at Halo Infinite, the next game in Microsoft’s huge franchise, back in July, and the results were… underwhelming. The graphics and visuals weren’t quite as impressive as you might expect from a next-generation game (the demo was running on a PC “that is representative of […]
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Smart motorways inquiry launched by MPs
The Transport Committee will investigate the impact of smart motorways following concerns over their safety and calls for them to be scrapped
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2021 Lexus LS launch review
Does it get any cushier than this glorified king bed on wheels? The mid-generation facelift for Lexus’ flagship model takes it from comfortably luxe to borderline extravagant – but with a few oversights.
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IIHS Top Safety Pick Prize Goes to Record Number of Vehicles for 2021
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the award to 90 vehicles this year, up from 64 last year. But for some companies, there’s still work to do.
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What a Geologist Sees When They Look at Perseverance’s Landing Site
Geologists love fieldwork. They love getting their specialized hammers and chisels into seams in the rock, exposing unweathered surfaces and teasing out the rock’s secrets. Mars would be the ultimate field trip for many of them, but sadly, that’s not possible.
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Dutch research funding agency, paralyzed by ransomware attack, refuses to pay up
Hackers published a batch of internal documents from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) on the dark web yesterday, after the agency refused to pay up in a ransomware attack. The attack, which began on 8 February, has completely knocked out the agency’s grant application and review process and […]
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New, more inclusive journal policies ease author name changes on published papers
When Teddy Goetz—a fourth-year medical student at Columbia University—applied to residency programs in October 2020, he felt as though he had no choice but to out himself as transgender. “I had to put my birth name all over my application because of my publications, and that was really upsetting,” he […]