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Engine: 6.2-liter V8, 495 hp and 470 lb-ft of torque (with performance exhaust) / Transmission: Eight-speed dual-clutch / 0-60: less than 3 seconds, with launch control /Wheelbase: 107.2 inches / Dry Weight: 3,366 pounds / Tires (Z51 package): Michelin Pilot Sport 4S, 245/35/ZR19 front, 305/30/ZR20 rear / Cargo volume: 12.6 cubic feet / Brakes (Z51): 13.3-inch front, 13.8-inch rear, Brembo monobloc calipers / Base Price: Less than $60,000. But probably not much less....

The solar system is full of giant asteroids hurtling around, and even though space is big and mostly empty, there’s a decent chance that some of those asteroids are on a collision course with the Earth. If a large enough asteroid hits the Earth in the right spot, it could wipe out millions of people, which is why it’s so important to learn how to prevent asteroid impacts.Over the next decade, both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will take the first steps toward a defensive plan against asteroids....

Russia’s army airborne forces faced a setback this week when the parachutes of two BMD armored vehicles malfunctioned, sending them plunging toward the ground. The vehicles were destroyed on impact. Luckily, there are no reports of injuries.The incident took place during Russia’s Center-2019 military exercises and involved paratroopers from the famous 98th Guards Airborne Svirskaya Red Banner Airborne Division. The exercise, as reported by the BMPD military blog, involved the mass drop of the entire 217th Airborne Regiment....

Roscosmos has lost a meteorological satellite as well as 18 micro satellites owned by international partners after a Soyuz-2 rocket carrying the satellites failed to deploy them in the proper orbit following a launch on Tuesday. It is not immediately clear whether the satellites fell into the ocean or if they are stuck in a low orbit. The Russian space agency has failed to establish communications with the weather satellite, Meteor M 2-1....

Media Platforms Design Team Browse expert reviews and compare info on Land Rovers at Media Platforms Design Team MALIBU, California — Range Rovers may come lined inside with more leather and wood than an old English drawing room, but make no mistake about it: These luxurious 4x4s are built to take a beating. We’re taking an afternoon’s crash course in four-wheel wonder here at the Range Rover Experience Tour, and this is some pretty rough stuff—it feels more like the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland than a day on the road....

Media Platforms Design TeamStreaking across the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, the JCB Dieselmax didn’t break the diesel land speed record of 236 mph – it destroyed it. The car hit 328 mph on its first run, and 350 mph on its second. “The goal was to set history in terms of diesel engines,” says Tim Leverton, director of the Dieselmax project. “But it also gave us a lot of promotional opportunities....

Nothing in your body lasts forever. Every single cell in your body will die eventually, and eventually you’ll run out of replacements. When that happens, various parts of your body will stop working correctly, and at some point the whole thing will shut down. Aging happens to all of us, and there’s nothing we can do about it.Except, maybe there is. Researchers from UC Berkeley have discovered the 3D structure of the enzyme telomerase, which could lead to new advances in aging research, as well as possible new insights into cancer....

Death Valley, California recorded a temperature of 130 degrees Fahrenheit on August 16, 2020 and again on June 17, 2021.Once the World Meteorological Organization verifies the reading, it will be the hottest global temperature reliably recorded.Death Valley is so hot thanks to a mix of geography, a lack of water, and blistering heat.Summers can be hot in Death Valley, California. In fact, it is likely the hottest place on Earth. Especially on Sunday, August 16 and—again—on June 17, 2021....

Bettmann//Getty ImagesThe story of the Slinky begins with a mechanical engineer, a shipbuilding factory, and a mishap.It was 1943. The U.S. Navy needed ships for World War II as the Battle of the Atlantic raged in the oceans around Europe. The Cramp Shipbuilding Company was operating through all hours of the night to meet the demand. More than 18,000 men and women were working at the shipyard along the Delaware River in Philadelphia....

The U.S. Army is closing in on its goal of doubling the shooting distance of its 155-millimeter howitzers, giving it the ability to out-range new Russian artillery systems. It’s all part of an effort to refocus the Army away from low-intensity Afghanistan-type conflicts back to fighting a well- funded, highly trained, high-tech “near-competitor” foe. Like Russia.The M777 howitzer equips most U.S. Army light and medium weight combat brigades, including light infantry, mountain, airborne, air assault, and Stryker brigades....

Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche was caught with a small electric motor in her bike after a mechanical failure during the cyclocross world championships this February. As wild as it sounds, we’ve seen motors that can very fit surreptitiously in the frame of a bike. But this phenomenon of “mechanical doping” may be quite widespread. A joint effort between two news agencies armed with a thermal camera may have caught seven professional cyclists in the act....

A laser weapon, called The Self-Protect High-Energy Laser Demonstrator (SHiELD) passed a crucial test last month. Designed to defend U.S. Air Force aircraft from inbound air-to-air missiles, SHiELD torched several missiles in flight. Defensive lasers could revolutionize aerial warfare and lead to a second revolution with even more profound implications for air warfare—offensive lasers. Air-t0-air missiles, guided missiles launched by an aircraft at another aircraft, were first developed in the 1940s....

Over 200 million miles away, a tiny asteroid is orbiting the sun. Orbiting that asteroid is an even smaller object, but this one is man-made. It’s the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft, built by Japan and launched in 2014. Today, it will perform the mission it was sent to do: briefly graze an asteroid and collect a sample before heading home. View full post on YoutubeHayabusa 2 has been orbiting the asteroid Ryugu since June of last year, and in that time it’s been pretty busy....

Media Platforms Design TeamOnions generate electricityMedia Platforms Design TeamGills Onions produces up to 300,000 pounds of peels a day. Rather than waste them, the California company is now using the refuse to run its processing facility. Engineers installed machinery at the plant to grind and press the peels into 30,000 gallons of onion juice, which is fed into an anaerobic digester to produce methane that powers two 300-kw fuel cells. The system also presses the solid remains into 20 tons of onion cake that the company sells as cattle feed....

Deodorize Your Fridge/FreezerSomething in the fridge gone bad? Once you throw out the offending item, fill a bowl with dried coffee grounds and place in your refrigerator. In a few days, the spoiled smell will be gone, replaced with a pleasant coffee aroma. This also works in your freezer when you need to remove those food odors that are making your ice cubes taste funny.And Your Car!Coffee is so fragrant that you can use old coffee grounds wherever you have an odor problem....

We thought it was coming, and a blog post by Google today has made it official: Android Wear will now work with iOS. Apple iPhone models 5 and newer, running iOS 8.2 or newer, will be able to sync with watches running Google’s wearable operating system.According to The Verge, only three Android Wear watches (two of which you can’t get yet) will support iPhone right now: the Asus ZenWatch 2, the Huawei Watch, and the LG Watch Urbane....

Every generation of telescopes lets us see a little more, giving us a better picture of the very beginning of the universe. Our telescopes have seen some of the first galaxies forming and some of the earliest stars, but no matter how good astronomy instruments get, there will always be a barrier preventing us from seeing clearly into the oldest parts of the cosmos. For the first 150 million years after the Big Bang, the universe was largely opaque, too dense to let most light through....

The Chinese government tested a new hypersonic weapon system last week, one designed to fly at speeds in excess of Mach 5. The “Starry Sky” weapon tested on August 3rd is a blistering fast weapon meant to overwhelm enemy air and missile defenses. The China Aerospace Aerodynamics Research Institute announced on its WeChat account that it conducted the first domestic test of a “wave rider” hypersonic vehicle at 6:41 a.m., August 3, 2018....

Robot research has been looking to the animal kingdom for inspiration—and a new bio-mimicking robot tackles one of nature’s most irritating pests to prevent their real life counterparts from pestering plants. In research published today in Science, a new fruit fly-inspired bot, called the DelFly Nimble, tested the capabilities of robots flying without tails as rudders. In the process, they discovered how fruit flies and other similar insects can stay aloft without a rudder-like tail....

3D printers have been getting cheaper and easier to use for years now, but there’s more to making then just stacking up layers of melted plastic. Meet Glowforge, a small and affordable machine that lets you build things by cuttin’ ’em up with lasers. Rather than additive technology like a 3D printer, Glowforge uses subtractive technology. That is to say it engraves and cuts and slices. You can throw prices of plywood or acrylic up to one quarter of an inch thick, and Glowforge will laser right through them at an accuracy of a thousandth of an inch, according to plans you’ve made or downloaded through the forge’s mobile or desktop app....