Category: Technology

The hosts of this year’s G20 summit in New Delhi, India, face a unique challenge: keeping monkeys from interfering with the event. The area’s rhesus macaques are bold and curious, but can be aggressive. The municipal council’s strategy is to hire humans to imitate langur monkeys and scare off the macaques. The langur is traditionally […]

ZF new compact magnet-free electric motor is a sustainable and robust alternative to common e-drives. ZF has developed an electric motor that does not require magnets. An inductive current transmission unit inside the rotor enables ultra-compact electric motor design. No magnets or rare earth materials, increased security of supply, and better sustainability and efficiency. Friedrichshafen, […]

Israel’s infrastructure has long been a topic of concern, with transportation and public services struggling to meet the growing demands of a rapidly expanding population. During a recent panel discussion at, business executives and experts shared their insights into the critical steps that must be taken to address these challenges. Here are the top six […]

If you’ve ever been scammed, perhaps you resolved to never allow someone to take you for a fool again. But research shows not everyone reacts this way and in fact some fraud victims go into denial. This might help explain why the founder of the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival (a fraudulent luxury music festival), William […]

Several thousand passengers were stranded at airports, hotels and connection depots following the recent system-wide glitch of the UK air traffic control systems. Some passengers were told of flight cancellations in advance, so they could make alternative travel plans. Unfortunately, following some 2,000 flight cancellations over 48 hours, most passengers were either sleeping on airport […]

Polestar Synergy Electric Supercar Concept The Polestar Synergy electric supercar concept is the result of a design contest, a 1:1 scale model, presented in Munich during IAA 2023. Polestar started a partnership with Mattel’s Hot Wheels brand, providing the inspiration for the next Polestar Design Contest that references the innovative and outrageous designs from the […]

“My friends, we are at war,” then-prime minister Golda Meir directs her gaze at the camera, then continues for two minutes and nine seconds in Hebrew in her well-known voice: “There is not a single Jew in the Land of Israel who does not believe that in the end, we will emerge victorious.” The words […]

Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard University in the US, has published a press release claiming that some of the 700 or so spherical metallic fragments (spherules) he recovered from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Papua New Guinea, are from beyond the Solar System. The discovery was quite interesting […]

There are many kinds of sexual situations people can get into – everything from committed monogamous relationships to a one-night stand. But friends with benefits (FWB) situations are often still seen as controversial, perhaps because of the potential for heartbreak. Typically, FWB arrangements involve two people engaging in casual sexual activities without the expectations and […]

Depending upon how you do the counting, there are around 9 million species on Earth, from the simplest single-celled organisms to humans. It’s reassuring to imagine that complex bodies and brains like ours are the inevitable consequence of evolution, as if evolution had a goal. Unfortunately for human egos, a recent study comparing over a […]