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Energy Transition

A new iron-based catalyst just produced green hydrogen without any platinum — slashing the cost of the reaction every fuel-cell stack depends on

A research team at Washington University in St. Louis has run a platinum-free hydrogen electrode for more than 1,000 hours at current densities that meet industrial benchmarks, a result that could chip away at one of the biggest cost barriers in green hydrogen production. The electrode, developed by Gang Wu’s group at the McKelvey School […]

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

China’s BYD just overtook Tesla as the world’s largest battery energy storage deployer — capturing 13% of the global market this quarter

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

North America’s grid watchdog just issued a Level 3 alert over data centers going offline without warning — the highest tier the system allows

By Everett Sloane

PJM just forecast a 6-gigawatt power shortage by 2027 as AI data centers eat through available generating capacity across 13 states

By Everett Sloane

AEP just threatened to leave two grids over connection delays as the largest U.S. utilities buckle under AI data center demand

By Cassian Holt

The Department of Energy just awarded $29 million to Jefferson Lab and partners to build spin-polarized fusion fuel that could nearly double reactor yield

By Everett Sloane

Commonwealth Fusion just filed the first-ever application to connect a commercial fusion plant to a U.S. grid — targeting the PJM Interconnection in the early 2030s

By Everett Sloane

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Archeology

Archaeologists just lifted three stone chests from the Templo Mayor in Mexico City — each packed with greenstone figurines and more than 4,000 marine specimens

By BeckhamLangford

Neuroscience

Scientists just identified sequentially operating molecular ‘timers’ that decide what the brain stores as a memory and what it lets slip away

By BeckhamLangford

Neuroscience

The hippocampus may not start life as a blank slate — a new study just showed its memory circuits are pre-wired and densely tangled from day one

By BeckhamLangford

Neuroscience

A new brain-imaging study just showed memory of facts and life events activate nearly identical brain networks — overturning a distinction taught for decades

By BeckhamLangford

Hardware and Semiconductors

AEP just threatened to leave two grids over connection delays as the largest U.S. utilities buckle under AI data center demand

By Cassian Holt

Technology

CATL’s sodium-ion batteries just entered mass production this year — and the first car they power promises 370 miles of range even in cold weather

By Cassian Holt

Cybersecurity

Anthropic’s new ‘Mythos’ model beats every other AI on cybersecurity tasks — and the company just locked access to a hand-picked list of governments and utilities

By Cassian Holt

Naval

Iran’s IRGC Navy just sent submarines and fast boats into the Strait of Hormuz for Maritime Security Belt 2026 — operating inside U.S. carrier strike range

By Kade Winslow

Military

Germany’s defense minister wants the U.S. pullout to accelerate Europe’s push to a 260,000-soldier Bundeswehr — reversing 30 years of force cuts

By Kade Winslow

Military

Ukraine is now capturing Russian positions with ground robots and drones working together — holding the line without putting soldiers within rifle range

By Kade Winslow

AI

Anthropic just built a ‘Frontier Red Team’ around Mythos — even most engineers inside the company can’t run the top capability tier

By Dorian Maddox

AI

An AI system called ShipOS just cleared the Pentagon’s review to manage construction of 450 new U.S. Navy ships over the next 30 years

By Dorian Maddox

AI

Google’s Gemini is now embedded as the default AI across Android — set to confront Apple’s Siri reboot whenever iOS 27 ships this fall

By Dorian Maddox

AI

Google, Microsoft, and xAI are now letting the Commerce Department test their AI models in classified conditions before the public ever sees them

By Dorian Maddox

Electric Vehicles

The Rivian R1S tops 410 miles per charge in tri-motor trim — and 68% of used electric SUVs still beat their original EPA range after three years

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

AAA’s cold-weather testing just showed EV range drops 39% when temperatures plunge — cutting a 300-mile electric truck down to 183 miles on the same loop

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

The Lucid Gravity just topped the 2026 range chart at 450 miles — followed by the Rivian R1S at 410 and the Mercedes EQS SUV at 390

By Rowan Calder

Aircraft

A plane killed a person and injured 12 others at Denver International Airport after the victim jumped a runway fence during takeoff

By Rowan Calder

Aircraft

A United 737 MAX 8 landing in Newark declared an emergency after a passenger attacked a flight attendant and tried to force the forward cabin door

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

CATL just built 4,000 integrated charge-swap stations across 190 Chinese cities by year’s end — each one capable of a 6-minute full battery swap

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

The updated BMW iX3 now carries a 109-kilowatt-hour battery pack and targets 400 miles per charge — the most range ever offered in a BMW electric SUV

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

After three years of real-world driving, EVs hold 97% of their original EPA range — and just 0.3% of batteries have needed replacement

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

CATL’s third-generation Shenxing battery just recharged from 10% to 98% in 6 minutes and 27 seconds in a live test

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

CATL’s new Qilin Condensed battery just hit 350 Wh/kg — enough to push executive sedans past 930 miles per charge on a single pack

By Rowan Calder

SUV’s

12 SUVs mechanics call ‘money pits’ in 2026 — each one hides a failure pattern that drains owners

By Rowan Calder

Trucks

9 pickup trucks insurance companies just flagged as ‘high-risk’ for 2026 — premiums are already climbing for every owner

By Rowan Calder

SUV’s

7 SUVs mechanics recommend for lifetime use — engines designed to hit 500,000 miles without a rebuild

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Ford’s universal EV platform cuts parts by 20%, fasteners by 25%, and plant workstations by 40% — aiming for Mach-E pricing with pickup-truck margins

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

CATL just unveiled battery architectures that resemble solid-state technology — higher energy density, longer lifespan, safer cells, same chassis

By Rowan Calder

Aircraft

A British Airways jet just made an emergency landing in Edinburgh after its co-pilot was incapacitated during the final approach

By Rowan Calder

Energy Transition

A new iron-based catalyst just produced green hydrogen without any platinum — slashing the cost of the reaction every fuel-cell stack depends on

By Everett Sloane

Energy & Climate

China’s BYD just overtook Tesla as the world’s largest battery energy storage deployer — capturing 13% of the global market this quarter

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

North America’s grid watchdog just issued a Level 3 alert over data centers going offline without warning — the highest tier the system allows

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

PJM just forecast a 6-gigawatt power shortage by 2027 as AI data centers eat through available generating capacity across 13 states

By Everett Sloane