After 100 Years, Engineers Finally Discover Why Rubber Is So Tough
Plenty of familiar phenomena and materials are actually scientific mysteries. Reinforced rubber has long been on that list: why is…
Spirit Airlines Could Liquidate by the End of the Week Due to Fuel Crisis
Spirit, the troubled and twice-bankrupt budget airline, could liquidate as early as this week, according to reports from Bloomberg and…
The Cockroach of Dinosaurs Likely Survived Extinction Because of Its Big Wet Eggs
Fantastic numbers of leathery, beaked Lystrosaurus—a distant ancestor to today’s mammals, often the size of a small dog—roamed the sulfurous…
Google Wants to Put Gucci Smart Glasses on Your Face
Google will enlist its own EssilorLuxottica in a bid to level up its incoming smart glasses’ cachet. According to Reuters,…
Tesla Wants a $50,000 Penalty for Anyone Who Tries to Resell Its Signature Model S and X
Tesla is making buyers of its farewell Signature Edition Model S and Model X cars sign a strict no-resale agreement…
Lana Del Rey Just Released the First Bond Theme We’ll Hear for Years
Right now, pretty much all we know about the next James Bond movie is that Denis Villeneuve—who has Dune: Part…
Pentagon Reportedly Asks Detroit to Use More Car Factories as Arms Factories
The Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the discussions,” says the Trump Pentagon has urged leaders in the U.S.…
A Critical Ocean Current System May Be Unraveling Faster Than We Thought
The collapse of a critical ocean current system—an event that would upend Earth’s climate and wreak havoc on the Americas,…
The New ‘Mandalorian and Grogu’ Trailer Amps Up the Nostalgia
With just over a month to go, Disney has released the final trailer for Star Wars‘ return to theaters in The Mandalorian…
We’ve Seen Doctor Doom in Action for ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Tonight at CinemaCon, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige was joined by his own Avengers roster of talent: Doomsday directors Anthony and…
