From mammals to mollusks, animals living among humans lose their anti-predator behaviors.
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2022 Acura MDX, SSC Tuatara, R34 Nissan GT-R: The Week In Reverse
Acura unveiled a prototype of the 2022 MDX; the SSC Tuatara might have set a new world record; and a rare R34 Nissan GT-R is for sale. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority.
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Some Shipt workers report seeing lower pay under new effort-based model
A new crowdsourced report finds that the algorithm for shopping delivery platform Shipt has led to reduced pay for 40 percent of its workers.
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Faze Rug on how starring in a horror movie made him a better YouTuber
Brian Awadis, better known as Faze Rug, loves to be scared. He watches horror movies, visits haunted attractions at Halloween, and frequently films himself getting spooked on his YouTube channel. “I get scared super easy, but I think that’s what makes it more fun to watch,” he says. “I want […]
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iPhone Builder Foxconn Is Making an EV Platform with a Solid-State Battery
The company is looking to get its new open-source platform into 10 percent of all electric vehicles worldwide by 2027.
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Fisker and Magna, Renault’s electric Euro-hatch, GM and VW electric factories: Today’s Car News
Magna will build the Fisker Ocean in Europe, and VW won’t be on board. Renault looks at the future of the heart of the Euro-hatchback market. Volkswagen boasts about robotics and automation in making EVs, and GM renames its first dedicated EV plant Factory Zero. This and more, here at […]
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‘The Right Stuff’ recap: This is not a game (‘Single Combat Warrior’)
In his 1979 bestselling book “The Right Stuff,” journalist Tom Wolfe wrote about the Mercury 7 astronauts as being the last of the single-combat warriors.
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October new moon 2020: An invisible ‘supermoon’ leads a parade of planets into the evening sky
The new moon occurs on Friday (Oct. 16), at 3:31 p.m. EDT (1931 GMT), on the same day that our natural satellite reaches perigee, or the closest point to Earth in its orbit, according to NASA’s SkyCal site.
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Department of Energy picks two advanced nuclear reactors for demonstration projects
Hoping to revive the moribund U.S. nuclear power industry, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced this week it will help build two radically new nuclear reactors within 7 years. Funded by DOE’s new Advanced Reactor Demonstration Program, the designs include exotic features such as cooling by sodium or helium instead […]
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Double whammy doomed Madagascar’s giant birds and mammals
Madagascar was once home to towering elephant birds, giant tortoises, and even giant lemurs. Today no animal heavier than a car tire exists, and researchers have long debated whether humans or climate change were to blame. Now, a study of cave deposits on another Indian Ocean island has helped provide […]