Fresh off the heels of that Waymo burning spree in the City of Angels, the Google robotaxi company is being sued for alleged safety failures resulting in a San Francisco cyclist's injuries.As the San Francisco Chronicle reports, plaintiff Jenifer Hanki is suing Waymo and its parent company Alphabet for alleged malfunctions in the robocab's so-called "Safe Exit system" that led to her getting "doored" by...
Spider-like creatures living near methane seeps on the seafloor appear to cultivate and consume microbial species on their bodies that feed on the energy-rich gas. This expands the set of organisms known to rely on symbiotic relationships with microbes to live in these...
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. military wants to turn its satellite communications into something that works like the internet — fluid, fast, and built on seamless interoperability between networks. But at an industry conference this week, Pentagon officials said the long envisioned military space internet is still a long way off.In an era where commercial satellites outnumber military ones, the Defense Department is...
Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites are raising fears of a harmful radioactive accident, including from the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – but experts have told New Scientist that the risks are minimal, despite reports of radiological and chemical...
The world recently watched an argument unfold on X between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. It was a surreal exchange, featuring one of the richest men ever to have lived threatening to pull his spacecraft from NASA over a political disagreement. Some onlookers will have enjoyed it. For others, it will have been little more than background noise. But it pointed to something...
