Cars and transport
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SpaceX aims to use rockets to quickly transport cargo across the Earth and into orbit – moves that would expand the global cargo system
Point-to-point rocket delivery could cut down on transportation times. But engineers will need to figure out how to integrate rockets into current transportation systems.
Philadelphia’s failing air quality hits hardest in neighborhoods near industry and highways, where asthma rates soar
Greater Philadelphia earned failing air quality grades. A new study finds higher asthma rates near industry and major roads, especially where green space is scarce.
Leaving vehicle engines idling is unhealthy, expensive – and often illegal
Idling vehicles are easy targets for enforcement – they’re often left running for no good reason.
Just weeks before devastating wildfires hit, Spokane practiced a mass evacuation – the drill paid off
Evacuations in the face of a wildfire, hurricane or other disaster are stressful and can take more time than you might expect. Here’s why practice helps and what to think about.
Israel Rejects Trump's 15-Point Gaza Plan, Netanyahu Says
Netanyahu says Israeli forces will not leave Gaza until Hamas is disarmed, breaking publicly with a US-backed peace plan just over a week after Washington called a deal with Hamas 'historic.'
Brazil opens investigation on Google over its AI’s impact on the journalism industry
Commissioner Diogo Thomson considered that the insertion of generative AI has “significantly altered the dynamics of access, visibility, and monetization of journalistic content in the digital environ
AI cameras are surveilling the roads in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Over 1,000 cases were filed in 10 days as Bangladesh launches an AI-powered traffic enforcement system for the first time, while the fate of unregistered battery-powered rickshaws stays unclear.
Timber is getting dearer even as housing weakens: the reason is sawmills, not a building boom
Do not read rising timber prices in a weak housing market as the return of a construction boom; check whether it is only short-dated material that is getting dearer, thanks to mill curtailments, inventories and the spread between nearby and deferred contracts.