335 miles of EPA range under $60,000

If you were worried that the Rivian R2 would seriously compromise driving distance due to its smaller size and price, you can relax. Rivian Forums members have discovered that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially estimated the R2 Performance Launch Package model’s range at 335 miles, or slightly ahead of the preliminary 330-mile…

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Blackouts, broken records and a message from the past: five key moments from Artemis II’s lunar flyby | Artemis II

Blackouts, broken records and a message from the past: five key moments from Artemis II’s lunar flyby | Artemis II

1. Breaking a 46-year-old record The four astronauts broke the distance record set by the 1970 Apollo 13 mission when they reached the journey’s furthest anticipated distance from Earth: 406,778km (252,760 miles). It’s expected that they broke the previous record by 6,606km. While the Artemis II crew travelled further from Earth than any human previously,…

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By age 7, most children quickly spot individuals' social biases toward social groups, study finds

Most elementary school-aged children have a surprising cognitive ability: they can detect—nearly as well as adults—when someone treats people from one social group differently than another. The study, “Children’s and adults’ detection of social biases,” published in Child Development, demonstrates children’s emerging capacity to recognize and reason about social bias. Source: Read Full Article

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