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Chinese researchers have been working on a plan to avoid an Armageddon-esque asteroid hitting Earth should the issue ever present itself.
It doesn’t involve Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck, but rather, …
A new report suggests that steel producers could be forced to abandon tens of billions of dollars’ worth of equipment in coming decades as the world transitions away from coal.
Global Energy Monitor, …
On July 1, 33-year-old David Olson started a little demo on the back steps of his house; he wanted to build a new deck. The project took a turn when Olson, who lives in Norton Shores, Michigan, uncov…
Cars.com recently unveiled its 2021 American-Made Index, which ranks new vehicles on how they contribute to the U.S. economy.
The five criteria utilized to construct the rankings are assembly locatio…
Food and beverage giant PepsiCo on Monday shared plans for a new corporate policy embracing remote work flexibility — led by shifting half of its office staff to working from home permanently.
PepsiCo…
As COVID-19 cases continue to drop, Americans are eager to get back to the beach this summer and make up for lost time.
But it appears there’s a little problem that needs to be worked out first.
A rece…
GlobalFoundries detailed the demand in a lawsuit filed against IBM on Monday, Reuters reports.
The trouble began more than six years ago, when GlobalFoundries agreed to purchase IBM’s chip business fo…
Two divisions of newly formed car giant Stellantis face fraud charges in a sweeping investigation into the manipulation of diesel vehicles in emissions testing.
The automaker, established by the merge…
We may have forgotten about the supply-chain debacle inflicted by the infamous ship that became trapped in the Suez Canal this past spring, but those manufacturers with goods aboard haven’t.
Companies…
If you’re looking for someone to blame for the price of chicken wings, experts say it’s the fault of the pandemic -- at least partially, anyway -- as American appetite for chicken has remained strong…
The US Military is under fire after a training incident gone awry.
According to a recent report, a group of soldiers were engaged in a training exercise in Bulgaria when a mistake sent them off course…
It’s one of the most popular brands produced by Stellantis, formerly known as Fiat Chrysler. So why are 1,600 workers at a Jeep plant in Belvidere, IL on the cusp of losing their jobs?
Unfortunately w…
The automobile maker and Lockheed Martin co-announced May 26 that the two companies are working together on developing a new line of moon rover vehicles that astronauts will use in future lunar missi…
It was April 30th when workers at a Volvo truck assembly plant in Dublin, Virginia called off a 13-day strike after the company brokered a peace agreement with the UAW: talks would begin again and so…
This week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) made an incredible announcement that could, at first, improve the operational readiness of soldiers but eventually improve the lives o…
In April of this year, we reported on the latest activities of Aerion Supersonic, the ambitious, Boeing-backed planemaker whose goal was to bring supersonic passenger jets to the sky by the middle of…
With over 21.6 million people, the infrastructure of Mexico City faces a daily strain that is both immense and unique. And while we’ve covered some of the challenges this creates, including the recen…
A couple in Pennsylvania is taking Solar Roof to court and attempting to initiate a class-action lawsuit against the Tesla subsidiary.
It seems that after agreeing to a price of just over $46,000 to h…
A jury has awarded three veterans a total of $7.1 million after a case against 3M went to trial. At issue are earplugs.
The Wall Street Journal first reported the resolution last week, when a Florida …
Among other lessons, the past year has shown the serious consequences of the decades-long inability to get modern broadband communications to rural or remote communities.
Too many parts of the country…