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Astronomy

There are more trees on Earth, roughly 3 trillion, than stars in the Milky Way

Earth holds roughly 3.04 trillion trees, a number that dwarfs the Milky Way’s estimated 200 billion stars by more than tenfold. That comparison, built on hundreds of thousands of ground measurements and satellite data, reshaped how scientists think about forest density and what the planet stands to lose as land-use pressures accelerate. Why the 3-trillion-tree […]

By BeckhamLangford

Astronomy

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth

By BeckhamLangford

Commercial Aircraft

At cruising height the outside air is so thin and cold the cabin must be pressurized to keep you safe

By Cassian Holt

The U.S. cleared Brazil to buy FIM-92K Stinger missiles for defense against low-flying threats

By Kade Winslow

Solar panels still generate power on cloudy days, just less of it

By Everett Sloane

Antarctica locks up about two-thirds of all the fresh water on Earth

By BeckhamLangford

Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI law takes effect June 30, covering high-risk systems statewide

By Dorian Maddox

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Astronomy

There are more trees on Earth, roughly 3 trillion, than stars in the Milky Way

By BeckhamLangford

Astronomy

There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on every beach on Earth

By BeckhamLangford

Science

Antarctica locks up about two-thirds of all the fresh water on Earth

By BeckhamLangford

Archeology

The Great Pyramid stood as the tallest structure on Earth for nearly 4,000 years

By BeckhamLangford

Commercial Aircraft

At cruising height the outside air is so thin and cold the cabin must be pressurized to keep you safe

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX launched 29 more Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Friday morning

By Cassian Holt

Commercial Aircraft

A jetliner’s tires are pumped to about six times the pressure of a car tire

By Cassian Holt

Military

The U.S. cleared Brazil to buy FIM-92K Stinger missiles for defense against low-flying threats

By Kade Winslow

Military

The Navy’s F-35C fired the long-range LRASM anti-ship missile for the first time

By Kade Winslow

Aviation

A black box flight recorder is built to survive an impact of about 3,400 times the force of gravity

By Kade Winslow

AI

Colorado’s first-in-the-nation AI law takes effect June 30, covering high-risk systems statewide

By Dorian Maddox

AI

Large AI models learn by tuning billions of internal settings called parameters

By Dorian Maddox

AI

A chatbot does not look up facts; it just predicts the next likely word

By Dorian Maddox

AI

Nvidia is taking aim at Intel and AMD with a new PC superchip built for AI

By Dorian Maddox

Electric Vehicles

More than 70 all-electric models from over 30 brands are on sale in the U.S. for 2026

By Rowan Calder

Cars

An average gas car turns only about a fifth of its fuel’s energy into motion

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Kia is bringing its $35,000 EV3 to the U.S. with more than 300 miles of range

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Regenerative braking quietly recharges an electric vehicle a little every time it slows down

By Rowan Calder

Watercraft

Sound travels about four times faster through water than through air, which is why subs listen so well

By Rowan Calder

Cars

The average car sits parked about 95% of its entire life

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

BYD says it will start building all-solid-state EV batteries in 2027 and mass-produce them by 2030

By Rowan Calder

Watercraft

India says a U.S. strike hit a tanker off Oman, killing three, as the Hormuz fight spreads wider

By Rowan Calder

Aircraft

China’s J-36 team is designing a carrier-capable version of its sixth-generation stealth jet

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Battery demand from electric trucks more than doubled in a year worldwide

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Chinese researchers unveiled a 500 watt-hour battery that could push an EV past 1,000 kilometers

By Rowan Calder

SUV’s

Figure’s humanoid robots built 30,000 BMW SUVs over 10 months on a single line

By Rowan Calder

SUV’s

Figure’s humanoid robots built 30,000 BMW SUVs over 10 months on a single line

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Battery demand from electric trucks more than doubled in a year worldwide

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Chinese researchers unveiled a 500 watt-hour battery that could push an EV past 1,000 kilometers

By Rowan Calder

Aircraft

A cruising jet flies through air a quarter as dense as at sea level

By Rowan Calder

Energy Transition

Solar panels still generate power on cloudy days, just less of it

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

A nuclear-powered submarine can stay underwater for months, limited mainly by its food supply

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

More than a dozen tornadoes tore through Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin on Thursday

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

An 11-gigawatt Texas megacomplex will run on four new nuclear reactors plus gas, solar and wind

By Everett Sloane