WASHINGTON DC - Elon Musk is heading for the exit. Insiders confirm the Tesla CEO will step down from his high-profile government role in the coming weeks as his 130-day service limit nears, reports Yahoo News. While Trump still sings Musk's praises publicly, the decision follows rising internal friction and political blowback. Musk's scorched-earth approach
Millions of people living with type 1 diabetes around the world don't have reliable access to insulin. Due to their bodies' inability to produce the hormone, they have to inject it to ensure that glucose can enter cells to produce energy. But finding an affordable and reliable source of insulin has remained difficult in many
WASHINGTON DC - The House Oversight Committee is going to get a briefing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) soon — though, of course, the public won't be privy to anything they learn. As Axios reports, the members-only briefing will be held by the intelligence community's inspector general. Though that outlet did not give an exact date for
One of the reasons UFO sightings became almost the exclusive domain of tabloid fodder for so long is the stigma that if someone had witnessed such phenomena and reported it then that person must have been talking about flying saucers with little green men saying, “Take me to your leader.” From there, he or she
SAN FRANCISCO - The United Kingdom's foremost astronomer is cautioning British citizens that if and when we encounter alien life, it may be more bizarre — read: more artificially intelligent — than we could ever have imagined. In a piece for the BBC, British royal astronomer Lord Marin Rees maintains that it's not outlandish to consider the
NEW YORK - Although electric vehicles, which continue to surge in popularity, are undoubtedly friendlier to the environment than their gas-powered counterparts, they do still have some drawbacks — mainly, from the adverse effects of their environmentally-unfriendly lithium-ion batteries. Now, scientists at MIT have developed a new alternative to lithium-ion batteries: aluminum-sulfur batteries, which, if adopted,
SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla may yet again change the game in the world of electric cars with its new $25,000 “mystery model,” expected to be available to the public in the near future. But for now, it’s all speculation, as Tesla remains tight-lipped about the details. Tesla CEO Elon Musk first announced that a $25,000 electric car was on
DETROIT - The automotive industry is undergoing a transformation, driven by the urgent need for sustainable and eco-friendly transportation solutions. While electric vehicles dominate the news, with the latest offerings from Tesla Inc., Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. and Rivian Automotive Inc., there is an emerging promise with hydrogen-electric vehicles. Hydrogen offers numerous advantages over traditional fossil fuels. It is
NEW YORK - New devices could each represent a major breakthrough in making clean energy out of thin air, according to their creators. They mimic natural processes to gather hydrogen, which is currently made using methane and uses vast amounts of fossil energy. One is the invention of a new kind of solar panel, 10
BEIJING - Chinese teen Robin spends hours online chatting to her man, who always has a sympathetic ear for her problems -- as long as she's willing to pay him. The 19-year-old pre-medical student has spent more than 1,000 yuan ($150) speaking to "virtual boyfriends". These aren't seedy sex-chat lines but men who charge for
