Environment

The Biden administration will permanently lift a ban on summertime sales of higher-ethanol gasoline blends in eight states starting in 2025, in response to a request from Midwestern governors who want year-round sales of the corn-based fuel.The election-year decision by the Environmental Protection Agency comes after the governors of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, Kansas and North and South Dakota wrote to President Biden saying that the summertime ban on gasoline blended with ethanol, also called E15, causes economic harm in their states and has little environmental benefit. Minnesota and Wisconsin are important swing states in the upcoming presidential election.Ethanol is made from corn and other crops and has been mixed into some types of gasoline for years as a way ...

When Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander is still about 100 feet over the surface of the moon, it will eject a small box.That box is EagleCam, a system of cameras built by students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. As it falls to the surface, the device will snap photos of Odysseus landing on the moon's surface — a sort of space selfie.If it works, it will be the first student-built project to operate on the moon.The $350,000 project resulted from a visit to Embry-Riddle in 2019 by the chief executive of Intuitive Machines, Steve Altemus, who is an alumnus of the university.Mr. Altemus challenged the students to build a payload “with the goal of taking the first third-person view of a spacecraft landing,” said Troy Henderson, a professor of aerospace enginee...

Welcome to Fox News’ Artificial Intelligence newsletter with the latest AI technology advancements.IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER:- How a lizard-like robot could help the Navy 'prevent catastrophes- Israeli deepfake detection start-up fighting disinformation during Gaza war- Speaker Johnson launches new artificial intelligence task force in House Shield AI's V-BAT can complete it's mission and return home, all without GPS or functioning communications. (Courtesy of Snowpoint Ventures)MILITARY GAME-CHANGER: A lizard-like robot and other devices relying on artificial intelligence could soon be major military game changers, according to a defense expert investing in the tech. DEEPFAKE BATTLE’: An Israeli AI cybersecurity start-up, Clarity, has developed software to detect and protect against deep...

Much of the American space program is run out of nondescript offices in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. That’s where Kam Ghaffarian, the billionaire space entrepreneur, could be found on an auspicious day. Exactly 47 years before, he had immigrated to the United States from Iran. Mr. Ghaffarian, 66, sat at a table made of gently glowing white onyx, also from Iran.Mr. Ghaffarian said he imported the stone because of its unique translucence when lit and because of the energy (spiritual, not physical) that the billion-year-old mineral emits. He is a big believer in the importance of meditating to connect with the energy in the universe, which he has done on a daily basis for decades.“When you touch it, you feel the energy of the stone,” he said. “How many years? Go ahead, touch it.”He was i...

EnvironmentGovernment16 February 2024, 3:46 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that President Joe Biden’s administration is poised to announce an adjustment to its scientific modeling for ethanol that will show the corn-based fuel to be less effective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated.  Market ImpactThe adjustment will make it more difficult for ethanol producers to take part in lucrative new U.S. tax credits for so-called sustainable aviation fuel, seen as crucial to the industry’s growth. Article TagsTopics of Interest: EnvironmentGovernmentType: Reuters BestSectors: Climate ChangeCommodities & EnergyRegions: AmericasCountries: United StatesWin Types: ExclusivityStory Types: Exclusive / ScoopM...

Imagine traveling from New York to Los Angeles in less than an hour or from London to Paris in 15 minutes. Sounds impossible, right? Well, not for China’s biggest missile manufacturer, which claims to have built the fastest train ever.The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) has been working on a hyperloop train that can hit incredibly high speeds in a vacuum. The idea is to take a confined tube – big enough to fit a train – and suck all the air out so that there’s no air drag to slow you down.CLICK TO GET KURT’S FREE CYBERGUY NEWSLETTER WITH SECURITY ALERTS, QUICK VIDEO TIPS, TECH REVIEWS AND EASY HOW-TO’S TO MAKE YOU SMARTER  Hyperloop train (SCMAGLEV)How does a hyperloop train work?A hyperloop train is based on the concept of a vactrain, which is a train that tr...