Popular ScienceNowWatch this sleek electric plane ace its high-speed ground testverified_publisherPopular Science - Rob VergerPowered by 8,000 pounds of batteries, the Alice aircraft just completed an important runway exercise. And its first flight is coming up very soon, too. On September 18, an all-electric aircraft sped down a runway in Washington state, its nose wheel lifting off the ground. It didn’t take off, though, …
Popular Science21 hours agoTesla updates finger-pinching window glitchverified_publisherPopular Science - Andrew PaulAbout 1.1 million cars need updates after reports that their windows' automatic reversal setting couldn't detect fingers. Tesla is no stranger to vehicle recalls—from camera issues, to “self-driving” problems, to that time earlier this year when every single car needed safety fixes. This week, …
Popular Science21 hours agoThis fall, use weather data to see when birds are migrating near youverified_publisherPopular Science - Philip KieferBirdCast's free online maps are like weather forecasts, but for avian migration. Over the next two months, hundreds of millions of birds will fly down the continental US on their way to winter nesting grounds. Some fall migrants will journey the length of Mexico, while others will cross the Gulf of …
Popular Science23 hours agoAmazon’s new warehouse employee training exec used to manage private prisonsverified_publisherPopular Science - Andrew PaulBefore Amazon, the new director of learning and development spent five years as a manager at Corrections Corps of America. Back in May, Amazon quietly named Dayna Howard as the new director of learning and development: the corporate branch dedicated to “improving the everyday experience of our …
Popular Science1 day agoIn school districts that ban books, e-readers offer a workaroundverified_publisherPopular Science - Andrew PaulTexas alone has banned 801 across 22 districts. In honor of annual Banned Books Week, writers’ group PEN America released a new study breaking down the nation’s troubling censorship resurgence within public school districts. The statistics are pretty stark. Over the past year, PEN America documented …
Popular Science1 day agoWhy Bitcoin won’t go green any time soonverified_publisherPopular Science - Harry GuinnessEthereum just made a big change for the better. This is why Bitcoin probably won’t follow suit. There was major news in the cryptocurrency world earlier this month: On September 15, the Ethereum community successfully pulled off what’s known as The Merge, moving the Ethereum blockchain validation …
