Briefing: Finally, The 2027 VW Atlas Gets A Cabin You Won’t Have To Apologize For
Strategic angle: Volkswagen's biggest American SUV gets a full makeover for 2027, with a hybrid still promised somewhere down the road.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
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Briefing: Crushing Soda Cans and the Mathematics of Corrugation Formation
Strategic angle: Exploring the science behind why objects squash in specific ways under pressure.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Android Auto Gets YouTube Without The Part That Makes YouTube, YouTube
Strategic angle: The new YouTube player for Android Auto supports audio listening but has no in-car browsing and requires Premium access.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Reservoirs are changing: What Landsat data reveal about water loss and gain
Strategic angle: Communities worldwide rely on reservoirs for drinking water, hydroelectric power, irrigation, and more.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Haiti gang attacks kill at least 70 people over the weekend, says UN
Strategic angle: Carlos Ruiz Massieu, head of the UN office in Haiti, announced the 'brutal' and 'coordinated' attacks on Tuesday.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic Data
Strategic angle: Research suggests that common lab gloves could be contaminating microplastic studies.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Rivian's E-Bike Spinoff Will Make Autonomous Delivery Bots For Bike Lanes
Strategic angle: The micromobility company that spun out of Rivian last year has partnered with DoorDash to create self-driving vehicles.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Physicist recreates neutron star reaction, reveals how explosive stars forge elements
Strategic angle: A Mississippi State physicist has produced a direct laboratory measurement of a key nuclear reaction believed to occur during explosive bursts on neutron stars.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: How Spark Plugs Can Improve (Or Devastate) Your Fuel Economy
Strategic angle: Spark plugs are pretty crucial to internal combustion engines, but can swapping old plugs for new ones really improve your car's fuel economy?
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Amazon settles Teamsters case alleging it retaliated against striking workers
Strategic angle: The Teamsters alleged Amazon illegally docked employees' unpaid time off after they walked off the job, calling the practice 'unlawfully coercive.'
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Runners Misled at a Qualifier Race Will Still Get Invites to the World Championship
Strategic angle: The U.S. will nearly double its contingent for the women's half marathon championship to address an unprecedented issue caused by an official vehicle taking leading runners off course.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Steel Vs. Aluminum Rocker Arms: Does It Make A Difference?
Strategic angle: Rocker arms are an essential part of overhead valve engines. But how essential is it to keep track of whether they're made out of steel or aluminum?
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Show HN: Cerno – CAPTCHA that targets LLM reasoning, not human biology
Strategic angle: A new CAPTCHA system designed to challenge language models instead of humans.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: STAT+: The HSA industry makes its MAHA pitch
Strategic angle: A new lobbying group tied to the health savings account industry is pushing hard to make HSAs far more widely available.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Lucy Martin Named President of Bechtel’s Mining & Metals Business
Bechtel announces the appointment of Lucy Martin as the new president of its Mining & Metals division.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: US says Canadian mining company undermined workers’ rights in Mexico
Strategic angle: BorderReport reveals concerns over labor practices in the mining sector.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Ultra‑robust machine‑learning models run stable molecular simulations at extreme temperatures
Strategic angle: Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed a groundbreaking machine-learning model capable of conducting molecular simulations at temperatures up to 1,000 Kelvin.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Florida Man Gets Pulled Over Because Even In Florida, You Can't Have Missiles Mounted On Your Truck
Strategic angle: Police told this Florida Man he'll have to transport his missiles another way, and there's a sentence you just don't read very often.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Russell: It feels like all Mercedes' issues are coming on my side
Strategic angle: George Russell expresses concerns over Mercedes' early-season struggles affecting his performance.
Editorial Staff Mar 31
Briefing: Veterans benefits: a consensus candidate for cert
Strategic angle: The Supreme Court's upcoming conference may address key veterans benefits issues.
Editorial Staff Mar 31