There have been speculations and discussions regarding what is genuinely out there beyond the earth. If other creatures exist in space, one could wonder what science can do to truly comprehend what is out there. What was the history of the world before monkeys developed into humans? Questions like these and many other more run
This week on Electrek’s new Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from 2021 in the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. Then we look forward to the future to discuss what 2022 will likely hold for these alternative electric vehicles. The new Wheel-E podcast is set to return every
In this article SPOT Northvolt’s battery factory in the north of Sweden in June. Northvolt Swedish battery maker Northvolt announced Wednesday it has produced its first lithium-ion battery cell at its factory in Skelleftea, meeting its deadline to start production at the plant before the end of 2021. Northvolt, which was valued at $12 billion
WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit will get less than half the money it originally expected from its merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) as that deal wins shareholder approval. Virgin Orbit announced Dec. 28 that shareholders of NextGen Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC that announced in August it would merge with Virgin Orbit, had
In many ways, 2021 was the year that investors and companies stepped up to address climate change, with historic commitments making the front page of newspapers on a regular basis. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for water. Missing from these stories were concrete action plans to address water pollution and scarcity. And just like with
A recent research suggests that 17 million animals died in the disastrous fires in Brazil alone, as a result of climate change. During the devastating wildfires that engulfed the area in 2020, researchers made an effort to determine animal fatality rates. (Photo : Getty Images) Death of 17 Million Animals The study predicts that wildfires
In 2011, Scotland set a target of reaching 100% clean electricity consumption in 2020. And last year, the country almost reached its target – 98.6% of gross electricity consumption came from renewable sources, according to the Scottish government’s December energy statement. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your
The rising cases of the omicron Covid-19 variant in the U.S. are a major catalyst for the falling cryptocurrency prices in December, according to investors and analysts. Ethereum is up more than 400% in 2021, but on pace for it’s worst month since March 2020 as investors reassess their exposure to riskier assets following the
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration formally supports extending operations of the International Space Station through the end of the decade, an announcement that is neither surprising nor addresses how to get all the station’s partners, notably Russia, to agree on the station’s future. In a statement published on NASA’s ISS blog Dec. 31, NASA said
The Korean government is planning to develop a technology for Korea’s first artificial sun KSTAR to maintain 100 million degrees for 300 seconds by 2026. The 300 seconds is the minimum time required for the commercialisation of nuclear fusion technology. The Ministry of Science and ICT announced on December 30 that it held the 16th National
NATURE PODCAST 31 December 2021 Audio long-read: The secret lives of cells — as never seen before Imaging techniques are revealing unprecedented details about the inner workings of cells. Diana Kwon & Benjamin Thompson Diana Kwon View author publications You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar Benjamin Thompson View author publications
In this article TSLA A solar panel is displayed on a wall near signage at the entrance of the new Tesla Inc. showroom in New York. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images While Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he would prefer to stay out of politics, and that he opposes all subsidies, his
In this article AAPL GOOGL FB AMZN Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., speaks during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The new year could be a pivotal one for tech policy — if
TAMPA, Fla. — Advanced Cooling Technologies (ACT) has won NASA funding for thermal control solutions that enable vehicles and other equipment to survive harsh lunar environments without an active power source. The Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based thermal solutions provider said it will use the $5 million NASA Sequential Phase II SBIR Program Award to develop a “toolbox”
This article was originally published on World Resources Institute. Existing and longstanding social and economic inequities result in climate change disproportionally endangering those least responsible for it. Globally, equitable climate action requires that the United States, as the biggest historical emitter of greenhouse gases, significantly cut domestic emissions while increasing its international finance commitments. Making
Nearly 40 cities in Brazil encountered a “massive tragedy” as heavy floods hit the northeast region, in which 18 people were dead and 280 injured. 35,000 more were forced to leave their homes in what local authorities are calling the worst flooding in decades. Weeks of torrential rain caused two rivers to overflow where two
Ola’s CEO Bhavish Aggarwal took to Twitter this morning to announce that the company has now dispatched all of the electric scooters that have been reserved. But many customers disagreed, quickly calling out the CEO. Ola’s high-power and high-speed electric scooters have made a splash around the world as some of the first affordable high-performance
RESEARCH BRIEFINGS 31 December 2021 Activity of convalescent and vaccine serum against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Juan Manuel Carreño 0 , Hala Alshammary 1 , Johnstone Tcheou 2 , Gagandeep Singh 3 , Ariel Raskin 4 , Hisaaki Kawabata 5 , Levy Sominsky 6 , Jordan Clark 7 , Daniel C. Adelsberg 8 , Dominika Bielak 9