Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the world, including one from Costa Rica about decoy sea turtle eggs with the potential to catch poachers.
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Google will pay $2.5 million to underpaid female engineers and overlooked Asian applicants
Google has agreed to pay $2.5 million to more than 5,500 employees and job applicants impacted by alleged systematic pay and hiring discrimination. The US Department of Labor found that female software engineers were being underpaid. It also identified “hiring rate differences that disadvantaged female and Asian applicants” for Google […]
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Government invests another £20m in kerbside electric car chargers
Continuation of On-Street Residential Chargepoint Scheme could see number of on-street electric vehicle chargers in the UK double
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SpaceX announces first ‘all-civilian’ mission to space
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning to send its first “all-civilian” crew to space at the end of 2021 in a charity-focused mission commanded by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The company said in a press release it’ll pick three people to ride alongside Isaacman to orbit aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule.
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2021 Isuzu D-Max LS-U 4×4 crew cab review
It may not be the flagship model, but the Isuzu D-Max LS-U offers most of the must-have equipment with a more traditional styling package.
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How the 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing Competes with Other Supersedans
The 668-hp CT5-V Blackwing is Cadillac’s most powerful V model ever, and it’ll go head to head with some legendary German sedans and a 717-hp Hellcat.
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A Crater on Venus Indicates the Planet Hasn’t Been Volcanic for a Long Time
Venus may not have had Earth-like tectonic plates or volcanism for the last billion years, according to a new study. A deep look at a giant impact crater on Venus suggests the planet hasn’t experienced any tectonic activity in the recent past, and might be covered with a in a […]
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To study a rare butterfly, this scientist had to get vertical
Desperate cliffs call for desperate measures: To study one of Europe’s rarest butterflies, which live on near-perpendicular slopes high in the Swiss-Italian Alps, scientists resorted to rappelling down vertiginous mountainsides. Their efforts have paid off with some encouraging data.
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Major nutrition study aims to learn which diet best suits your genes and gut
There’s no one-size-fits-all diet. If you want to avoid spiking your blood sugar with a snack, a banana may seem like a better choice than a sugary cookie. But some people in a 2015 study of 800 Israeli volunteers got their biggest blood sugar spike from bananas or bread instead […]