Sunday 14 February 2021

GM's Chevy Bolt SUV joins parade of new US electric vehicles

Whether people want them or not, automakers are rolling out new electric vehicle models as the industry responds to stricter pollution regulations and calls to reduce emissions to fight climate change.

source https://techxplore.com/news/2021-02-gm-chevy-suv-parade-electric.html

UAE's 'Hope' probe sends home first image of Mars

The UAE's "Hope" probe sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said Sunday, days after the spacecraft successfully entered the Red Planet's orbit.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-02-arab-emirates-publishes-photo-mars.html

Egypt unearths 'world's oldest' mass-production brewery

A high-production brewery believed to be more than 5,000 years old has been uncovered by a team of archaeologists at a funerary site in southern Egypt, the tourism ministry said Saturday.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-02-egypt-archaeologists-unearth-ancient-beer.html

Endangered baby right whale found dead on Florida beach

The plight of endangered right whales took another sad turn Saturday, when a baby whale, possibly two months old, washed ashore dead on a Florida beach with telltale signs of being struck by a boat.

source https://phys.org/news/2021-02-endangered-baby-whale-dead-florida.html