vintage vespa becomes electric scooter using retrokit Retrokit converts a gas-powered, vintage Vespa into a modern electric scooter with three riding modes. Dubbed the first retrofit kit approved for road use, the conversion kit can get the gas-powered Vespa electric scooter ready in around ...

President Donald Trump said on Sunday (Feb 9) that the United States will impose a 25-percent tariff on steel and aluminum imports on Monday. The move becomes the latest major escalation of his trade policy overhaul. "Any steel coming into the United States is going to have a 25% tariff," ...

Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would be in for, hinting at what it'd take for us to survive such a catastrophe.It's been a long, long time since Earth has been smacked by a large asteroid, but ...

We all know that time seems to pass at different speeds in different situations. For example, time appears to go slowly when we travel to unfamiliar places. A week in a foreign country seems much longer than week at home.Time also seems to pass slowly when we are bored, or in pain. It ...

DeepSeek, a little-known Chinese startup, has sent shockwaves through the global tech sector with the release of an artificial intelligence (AI) model whose capabilities rival the creations of Google and OpenAI.DeepSeek-R1’s creator says its model was developed using less advanced, and ...

Shining loops of plasma on the surface of the sun "flicker" hours before they unleash potentially dangerous solar flares, a new study shows. The new findings could help create more reliable space weather forecasts, researchers say.Solar flares are violent outbursts of electromagnetic ...

The newly-minted Trump administration is wasting no time in imposing its vision across the United States government, and NASA is no exception.As Ars Technica reports, the space agency's acting head is threatening employees with "adverse consequences" if they fail to snitch on any ...

As far as supermassive black holes go, the one at the center of the Milky Way is relatively sedate.But, even in its supposed quiescent state, Sagittarius A* is prone to the occasional belch or rupture – and now, using JWST, astronomers have recorded it doing something we've never seen ...

Professional manchild and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk is deeply unhappy that he's been caught faking clout — and now he's throwing a tantrum, taking away the toys of other tykes who were mean to him.And no, this isn't some far-fetched analogy. Earlier this month, Musk compellingly accused ...

Last year, about a quarter of all health insurance claims were denied in California — a reality mirrored nationwide that has stoked public anger toward health care companies, and led to accusations that such decisions lack human empathy.But this month, a new state law is taking on the ...

yiiie architects presents community art creative project (cacp) The Community Art Creative Project (CACP) by YIIIE Architects has revitalized an abandoned bicycle shed in China into a vibrant public space that encourages recycling, community involvement, and sustainable urban living. Designed ...

There might not be a mysterious 'dark' force accelerating the expansion of the Universe after all. The truth could be much stranger – bubbles of space where time passes at drastically different rates.The passage of time isn't as constant as our experience with it suggests. Areas of ...

Exposure to a trio of chemicals found in many everyday household and industrial items may have contributed to millions of cases of heart disease, stroke, and deaths over the years according to estimations of the health and economic impacts of common plastic additives.An ...

The mystery of dark matter could be solved in as little as 10 seconds.When the next nearby supernova goes off, any gamma-ray telescope pointing in the right direction might be treated to more than a light show – it could quickly confirm the existence of one of the most promising dark ...

Of the more than 85 billion neurons in the brain, roughly one-third are present in the cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, and are in charge of complex thought. Each neuron can transmit over ten bits of information per second and is highly skilled at processing information. Why don’t ...

Nothing is supposed to escape a black hole's event horizon — yet new research suggests it may secretly leak information. That leakage would appear in subtle signatures in gravitational waves, and now we know how to look for them, the study authors say.In 1976, Stephen Hawking rocked the ...

Earth's day-night cycle is defined precisely, each a span of 24 hours before the next begins. Such is the yardstick by which we live our lives, strictly adhering to the ticking of the clock.Earth, however, is not precise. Our planet is a big wobbly gooey ball rocketing around the ...

Have you ever wondered if your plants are too dry or not getting enough water? Farmers and plant lovers might soon have a way to check this quickly, in real time.Scientists have been working on special sensors that can detect different chemicals in the past ten years. One challenge has ...

A new type of flying car could soon be ferrying passengers through the skies using a novel propulsion technology, engineers say.On Nov. 5, CycloTech, an Austrian company that builds flying car components, unveiled blueprints for its new "BlackBird" demonstrator aircraft — a flying car ...

This is genius. Seaweed Sedan Mountains of brown, sludgy sargassum, an invasive species of seaweed, have rendered popular beaches in the Caribbean into an unsightly mess.The situation has become so dire that Barbados' prime minister Mia Mottley declared the invasion a national emergency ...

In an intriguing intersection of anatomy and behavior, scientists have discovered that the length of your ring finger compared to your index finger might predict your relationship with alcohol. This connection, rooted in prenatal hormone exposure, offers new insights into why some people may ...

There was water on Mars as early as 4.45 billion years ago, just a short time after the planet formed from the leftover dust of the growing Sun.The evidence? A tiny grain of zircon, smaller than the width of a human hair, with minerals trapped inside that could only have formed in the ...

The Earth has parted ways with a tiny "mini moon" that had orbited our planet for two months — at least until it swings back around for another visit two months from now.The 33-foot space rock, dubbed 2024 PT5, was first spotted by astronomers in August. It only came by for a brief visit, ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the rock back in May, the rock broke open, revealing yellow crystals of elemental sulfur: brimstone. ...

Since Lithium-ion batteries have witnessed a growing application in portable electronics and electric vehicles, researchers are keen to improve their performance and cost further. In those efforts, researchers have made a promising discovery to enhance the life and performance of these ...

General relativity has passed one of its most precise tests ever thanks to observations of the past 11 billion years of cosmic evolution collected by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI.Albert Einstein's 1915 theory, general relativity, has remained humanity's best ...

An international consortium of scientists, engineers, and urban planners called Project Hyperion has launched a design competition for a massive multi-generational spaceship that could sustain and transport humans on long journey across the interstellar expanse.As Universe Today reports, ...

Cancer is a multifaceted disease that typically requires costly genetic profiling for effective treatment. However, recent developments in deep learning have enabled more affordable predictions of genetic alterations from whole-slide images (WSIs). Despite the success of transformers in ...

SHISUO unveils open gathering area in shanghai’s memorial park SHISUO Design Office introduces Breeze Hall, a multifunctional public space within Lu Xun Memorial Park in Shanghai. The project, situated south of the Lu Xun Memorial Museum, transforms a previously fenced-off, underutilized ...

One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was attacked by jaundice, his limbs and abdomen swollen, each breath a struggle.As his associates went about the task of ...

Off the coast of Chile and Peru, along the entire western length of South America, the seafloor takes a sharp, steep plunge deep into the Pacific Ocean. Known as the Chile margin, the region is defined by three tectonic plates sliding underneath the continental plate of South America....

If you've ever thought to yourself, "Gee I sure would like to see some vampire bats on treadmills," then do we have the science for you. That's exactly what a team of scientists has done, and it's not because little Vladi needed to get his chiropteran steps in.Rather, the new ...

While Waymo is now providing over 150,000 autonomous rides every week, Tesla still has a long way to go until its controversial "Full Self-Driving" software is ready for the EV maker's competing robotaxi service.Just this week, a Tesla driver plowed through a deer without even a hint of ...

The constant ebb and flow of hormones that guide the menstrual cycle don't just affect reproductive anatomy. They also reshape the brain, and a study has given us insight into how this happens.Led by neuroscientists Elizabeth Rizor and Viktoriya Babenko of the University of ...

Compared with the arms of an octopus, our own bony limbs are about as flexible as old tree branches. It stands to reason that the anatomy within the cephalopod's sucker-speckled appendages ought to be as unique as the animals themselves.Mapping the weave of nerves and muscles within ...

Egypt’s president announced Sunday his country has proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed. There was no immediate response from Israel or Hamas as the latest talks were expected in Qatar, another key mediator.President ...

Researchers at Harvard Medical School have unveiled a new AI model called CHIEF (Clinical Histopathology Imaging Evaluation Foundation) that can diagnose and predict outcomes for multiple cancer types with remarkable accuracy. According to the study, CHIEF outperforms existing AI systems, ...

Tesla's "We, Robot" robotaxi event last week left plenty of glaring questions unanswered.The flashy event, which appropriately took place on a Hollywood movie lot, saw the Elon Musk-led company show off an early prototype for a "Cybercab," an autonomous, steering wheel-less vehicle that's ...

Animals have come up with a variety of extraordinary senses worthy of superheroes. Scientists have now discovered that geckos boast a hidden 'sixth sense' that lets them pick up deep, low vibrations.Like other lizards, tokay geckos (Gekko gecko) have hearing that's specialized towards ...

A Long-Awaited Chapel completes in rural czech republic Czech architecture studio RCNKSK takes to a small village in southern Moravia to design a contemporary chapel, bringing to the community a place for spiritual reflection and community gathering. The project has been a twelve-year ...

A new technique could put AI models on a strict energy diet, potentially cutting power consumption by up to 95% without compromising quality. Researchers at BitEnergy AI, Inc. have developed Linear-Complexity Multiplication (L-Mul), a method that replaces energy-intensive floating-point ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have captured a stunning image of a distant supernova in a galaxy that looks like it's being stretched like warm taffy.However, the golden smear hiding this gravitationally lensed supernova, which has been nicknamed "supernova Hope," isn't ...

In the outer Solar System, far from the light and warmth of the Sun, things can get a little… hinky.There, clusters of rocks have been orbiting in weird loops that some astronomers have attributed to the presence of a large, unseen planet lurking on the Solar System's fringes.So far, ...

Astronomers often have more questions than answers about the universe — and the universe, in turn, has asked its own question. Quite literally.Last year, the James Webb Space Telescope fortuitously spotted the unmistakable shape of a question mark across the sky. The uncanny feature was ...

Telegram’s Pavel Durov finds himself at the center of a huge legal or political storm following his recent arrest in France. He was detained at Le Bourget airport near Paris after landing on a private jet from Azerbaijan.  Shrouded in secrecy, the arrest has raised alarms in Russia and the ...

Harshit Singh Kothari & Tanvi Jain unveil replicable HOUSING Harshit Singh Kothari and Tanvi Jain reveal the Tiny House, a compact residence that serves as a prototype for affordable living in Indore, India. The house, built with concrete foundations, a concrete frame structure, and brick ...

A ruined building in Kafr El Sheikh was where ancient Egyptians once stood, gazing at the stars above.More than 2,500 years ago, the building constituted the largest astronomical observatory known in Egypt in the 6th century BCE, part of what we now call the Temple of the Pharaohs in the ...

Andromeda is the closest major galaxy to our Milky Way – and it's getting closer. In fact, astronomers believe that the two galaxies are destined to crash into each other.But a new study suggests this fate isn't necessarily written in the stars.Andromeda is currently barreling down ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) - Why's Guy Paul Kwiat came on the Morning Show to talk about ultra violet light.sourcehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBze6RO5jYA

Nicola Privato and Giacomo Lepri introduce Stacco Nicola Privato and Giacomo Lepri have developed Stacco. It’s a wooden-like musical instrument that can produce sound art and chimes by throwing, combining, or moving magnetic marbles on its surface. The instrument employs Neural Audio ...