Uber’s New Shuttle Is Basically a Bus, but Worse
Every few years, a Silicon Valley gig-economy company announces a “disruptive” innovation that looks a whole lot like a bus. Uber rolled out Smart Routes a decade ago, followed a…
Here’s How the Plastic Industry Thinks We Can Solve the Waste Crisis
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The Latest Threat to the Ozone Layer: Elon’s Starlink Satellite Megaconstellation
Thousands of satellites are currently parked in low Earth orbit, with some that will eventually become defunct and fall back towards our planet’s atmosphere. As they reenter the atmosphere, satellites…
ISS Astronauts Forced to Take Shelter After Russian Satellite Mysteriously Disintegrates
Fragments from a defunct Russian satellite have formed a large cloud of debris in low Earth orbit, posing a potential threat to the International Space Station (ISS) and with the…
NASA Is Being Sued for Dropping Space Junk on a Florida Home
A family from Florida filed a claim against NASA for a small piece of trash that the space agency had tossed from the International Space Station (ISS), which ended up…
A New Health Nightmare Emerges for 9/11 First Responders
New research appears to highlight another tragic aftereffect of the 9/11 terror attacks. Scientists have found evidence that responders exposed to dust and debris from the collapse of the World…
Disturbing ‘Light Paintings’ Show All That Crap We’re Breathing In
The ugly truth is that, if you could see the quality of the air you breathe in many places, you wouldn’t go outside. But it’s important to highlight the insidious…
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blows Into U.S., Setting Stage for Another Miserable Summer
Health officials in Minnesota and Wisconsin issued air quality warnings on Sunday after the smoke from wildfires raging in western Canada started to reach the Upper Midwest. And it’s causing…
Indoor Climbing Gyms Might Be Chock Full of Toxic Rubber Additives, Study Finds
Climbing gyms might be teeming with toxic rubber particles, recent research suggests. The study found high levels of rubber additives in the air and dust of two climbing gyms, likely…
Missing Satellite Found After 25 Years of Being Lost in Space
An experimental satellite that launched in 1974 disappeared from ground-based sensors in the 1990s, only to be found again this week. Some defunct satellites or debris can often go missing…