Experts say Elon Musk’s tunnel empire has a 99% chance of ending in serious trouble
Elon Musk built his reputation on turning improbable bets into working rockets and electric cars, but his tunneling venture is running into a different kind of gravity. Instead of a frictionless “hyperloop” future, regulators, engineers, and local officials are now cataloging safety lapses, missed deadlines, and basic math problems that make the tunnel dream look […]
How 2026’s fastest EVs are driving a 50% spike in deadly crashes for new drivers
Electric cars were supposed to make the roads cleaner and, many hoped, safer. Instead, the latest generation of ultra-quick models is coinciding with a stark rise in deadly wrecks involving inexperienced motorists, with analysts tying a 50% jump in fatal crashes among new drivers to the way these vehicles deliver power. The core problem is […]
Researchers warn WiFi is quietly being turned into a mass surveillance weapon
WiFi was designed to connect laptops and phones, not to watch people. Yet a wave of new research shows that the same radio signals quietly filling homes, offices, and streets can be repurposed to track bodies, infer behaviors, and even expose intimate traits without a single camera in sight. What began as a clever sensing […]
An annular solar eclipse is coming this month and here’s what to watch for
The first solar eclipse of 2026 is about to put on a show, and it will not be a subtle one. An annular “ring of fire” event will briefly turn the Sun into a blazing halo as the Moon passes in front of it, creating one of the most striking sights in skywatching. Even if […]
60 canceled fighter jets that were too advanced and still reshaped air combat
Military aviation history is crowded with fighters that never made it past prototypes or limited test fleets, yet still changed how air wars are fought. Many of these designs were simply too ambitious for the budgets, politics, or technology of their time, but the ideas they introduced live on in today’s cockpits and war plans. […]
Leftover COVID-19 fragments found silently killing key immune cells
Long after the acute infection fades, pieces of the virus behind COVID-19 can linger in the body and quietly sabotage the immune system. Instead of harmless debris, new research suggests these fragments can actively seek out and destroy some of the very cells that should be coordinating our defenses. The finding helps explain why a […]
EV battery tests expose the real on-road lifespan
For years, electric vehicles have been dogged by a simple, unsettling question: will the battery die long before the rest of the car. Laboratory tests once suggested a relatively short working life, but large real‑world datasets are now telling a very different story. On-road evidence from tens of thousands of cars indicates that modern packs […]
Mars may be more livable than we thought thanks to bizarre Earth microbes
Mars has long been painted as a dead world of dust and radiation, a place where human visitors would survive only inside thick metal cans. A wave of new research on bizarre, ultra‑tough microbes from Earth is starting to redraw that picture, suggesting that parts of the Martian environment might be surprisingly workable for life. […]
Revolutionary plasma tunnel tech could flip the future of space travel
Plasma technology is moving from science fiction concept to practical hardware, promising to reshape how spacecraft are tested, powered, and protected. In labs from Colorado to Moscow, engineers are learning to tame superheated, electrically charged gas and use it both as a brutal testing environment and as a remarkably efficient rocket exhaust. If these efforts […]
Vibrating tooth powder promises whiter teeth and enamel repair at the same time
Tooth whitening has long forced people to choose between brighter smiles and stronger enamel. A new vibrating tooth powder aims to end that tradeoff, promising to lift stains while actually rebuilding the tooth surface at the same time. Instead of harsh bleaches, it relies on tiny particles that spring into action when an electric toothbrush […]