Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. A YouTuber armed with a 1988 Ford Festiva and a workshop full of lasers may have created the world’s thinnest street-legal car—-though it required some serious work to get it there. Tyler Fever, who runs the YouTube channel Prop…
As Twitchy reported on Tuesday, former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by the Department of Justice for a second time for his “8647” Instagram post. A former Justice Department official told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that it “might be the worst case DOJ has filed in my lifetime.” The thing is, if “8647” isn’t…
A survey found that people reading the CDC’s revised, uncertainty-based statement on vaccines and autism were more likely to agree that vaccines might cause adverse events. People who read the statement were also more uncertain that vaccines are safe and were less inclined to say they would get recommended vaccines. The researchers cautioned that more…
Urine and fecal residue encrusted on the inside of ancient Roman chamber pots unearthed in Bulgaria has revealed the world’s oldest known evidence of humans infected with the Cryptosporidium parasite, which causes acute gastrointestinal distress. In the first century, the Romans established a province called Moesia Inferior in the Balkan Peninsula, which includes the modern…
Florida lawmakers approve new congressional map as Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana’s Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins discusses the state’s newly approved congressional map, which could secure four additional House seats for Republicans. Collins emphasizes the map’s legality, based on geography and population shifts, following a Supreme Court decision that struck down Louisiana’s redistricting plan….
Google I/O is rapidly approaching. Google’s big developer conference kicks off May 19 and will be available to stream live for anyone not invited to the keynote in California. While you likely won’t get a look at the company’s upcoming Pixel products, this presentation will contain a slew of software announcements—though we don’t exactly know…
Ireland will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, May 4, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman will host Ambassador of Ireland to the United States of America Geraldine Byrne Nason; Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke, T.D., of Ireland; and U.S. Department of State…
A West Virginia prosecutor dismissed charges Thursday against a librarian who allegedly tried to recruit assassins to target President Donald Trump, a local TV station reported. Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged in January with one count of making a terroristic threat, the agency posted on its Facebook page. Prosecutors, though, elected to dismiss…
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Nine years after the unveiling, Tesla has started mass production of its Semi electric truck with hopes of transforming the shipping world. The EV maker revealed on X that the first big rig has rolled off its “high volume” manufacturing line at a devoted plant near Gigafactory Nevada. It’s not certain when Tesla assembled this…
