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Reuters is calling it a “forgery crisis” and, in a recent exclusive story, the news outlet is reporting that the gold industry is being roiled – and it’s bad.

Reuters says that gold bars are being fra…

Controlling energy costs is a critical challenge in any production environment. But when you combine the harsh conditions, safety concerns and regulatory scrutiny that accompanies mining operations, …

A 75-year-old worker died last Thursday after an accident at The Rose Corporation in Reading, PA.

Local authorities say that Wilfred Santiago died after he was pinned between a wall and a large turnta…

On August 10, 2019, a video was posted on Facebook by MyWay Alaska that depicted thousands of dead pink salmon in the Tutka Bay in Alaska.

The original video was shared more than 115,000 times and vie…

In May 2019, Grand View Research forecasted the legal cannabis business to be worth an estimated $66.3 billion by 2025. In 2018, it was valued at $11.9 billion, which means it has great potential esp…

Even the most casual observer of the automotive market knows that the sedan is slowly going the way of the dinosaur.

In the past few years, we’ve lost some good ones – from the practical Ford Taurus (…

The Aston Martin Vanquish was a touring car that existed through two generations, the second of which concluded production in 2018. That happened to be the same year that the automaker went public, a…

Artificial intelligence has found its way into cars, manufacturing equipment, home appliances and even aircraft. 

The Army, in a move that I’m sure has been covered by some low-budget action movie, is…

Based in Seattle, WA, Whooshh Innovations designs systems that help fish move over obstacles. The company's tech uses AI to identify and sort out invasive species, differentiate between hatchery fish…

As the Big 3 continue discussions with the United Autoworkers Union on terms for an upcoming contract, there’s a lot of distracting noise in the background – and it’s the roar of a raging scandal tha…

In June, DARPA held its second field experiment for the OFFSET program. The OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, pairs autonomous air and ground robots to complete missions in urban environments.…

In 1937, Amelia Earhart tried to fly around the world. She didn't make it, and went down somewhere in the Pacific -- though she wasn't declared dead until 1939.

It's been 80 years and the search for A…

Demand for air travel has increased by five percent so far in 2019, but there’s a problem. Airlines can’t keep up, and much of the blame falls squarely on Boeing, whose problems with its 737 Max 8 mo…

Just as soon as we cover a poop-scooping robot, the fleshy beasts could be rendered obsolete by a new robot dog from researchers at Florida Atlantic University. 

Researchers took the SpotMini from Bos…

We have seen our share of exotic, interesting and sad motorcycles over the last few years, but French manufacturer Newron has brought something new to the table with an electric motorcycle that has a…

A team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has created a robotic jellyfish. 

Jellyfish are some of the most efficient swimmers on the planet. While they’re not that fast, they move thr…

Beetl Robotics wants to provide best-in-class robots using its expertise in cloud networking, computer vision and mechanical design. So naturally, they turned to poop scooping. 

According to Beetl, mo…

According to a recent report from Business Insider, the new and improved Air Force Ones that President Trump has helped re-design, will cost upwards of $5.2 billion – which wouldn’t be so bad if that…

Rocket Lab says reusing its rockets will help it launch small satellites more frequently. 

The process of traveling to space is riddled with complicated and expensive engineering challenges, but effor…

Batteries go through some intense testing. Researchers drive nails through them, crush them, overheat them, overcharge them and blast them with a laser, among other tests.

Now, the engineers at Sandia…