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Next-gen battery tech: Reimagining every aspect of batteries

EnlargeMirageC The race is on to generate new technologies to ready the battery industry for the transition toward a future with more...

2024 Porsche 911 S/T review: Threading the needle

Enlarge / I wouldn't blame you if you lost track of all the different variations on the Porsche 911. This is the latest, and...

How your sensitive data can be sold after a data broker goes bankrupt

EnlargeMongkol Chuewong, GettyImages In 2021, a company specializing in collecting and selling location data called Near bragged that it was “The World’s...

Fake grass, real injuries? Dissecting the NFL’s artificial turf debate

EnlargeiStock/Getty Images Super Bowl LVIII will be played on a natural grass field in an indoor stadium in Las Vegas on February...

Researchers argue back and forth about whether we’ve spotted an exomoon

EnlargeNASA In 2017, the astronomy world was abuzz at the announcement that exoplanet Kepler-1625b potentially had its own moon—an exomoon. This was...

Here’s how an off-road racing series will make its own hydrogen fuel

Enlarge / Extreme E travels to remote locations by boat and brings its own energy infrastructure with it. Currently, it makes its own hydrogen...

If AI is making the Turing test obsolete, what might be better?

Enlargemevans If a machine or an AI program matches or surpasses human intelligence, does that mean it can simulate humans perfectly? If...

Porsche summons old-school cool with the 2024 911 Sport Classic

Enlarge / We never get tired of seeing the different ways Porsche finds to tweak the venerable 911. It's outdone itself with the Sport...

Mummified baboons point to the direction of the fabled land of Punt

Enlarge / Drawing of a trade expedition to Punt during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut. Note the presence of baboons on board the lower...

Driving the Volvo EX30, a $36K EV that prioritizes sustainability

Enlarge / There are growing calls for smaller, cheaper electric vehicles and at least Volvo has been listening.Volvo Volvo’s near-term plan is...

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