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VISALIA, Calif. – Forget about the high-speed rail zipping commuters from San Francisco to Los Angeles.

One Southern California politician, state Sen. John Moorlach, has introduced a bill that would do away with speed limits for certain lanes on I-5 and Highway 99 – two vital roadways that stretch across the Golden State.

The measure would require the Department of Transportation to expand the 235-mile stretches from Bakersfield to Stockton on both sides of I-5 and Highway 99 by two lanes.

Continue reading “No speed limits: It works for Germany but could it work for California?” »

Circa 2017

“We’re likely to find hydrogen pretty much anywhere we go in the Solar System,” he said.

Continue reading “VASIMR plasma engine: Earth to Mars in 39 days?” »

Instruments aboard NASA’s InSight lander are now gathering meteorological data from the Martian surface, allowing for daily weather reports that are being made available to the public.

The daily weather reports from Elysium Planitia began on February 11, and contain information about air temperature, wind speed, and air pressure, reports NASA.

Circa 2015

A new technique replaces the bulk of smartphone-friendly microchips with a transparent, flexible material made from wood pulp.

Samsung’s first foldable phone costs $1,980 and goes on sale April 26. Here is the announcement at the company’s event in San Francisco.

Samsung’s foldable phone is here!

Continue reading “Watch Samsung unveil the Galaxy Fold” »

He Jiankui did more than make the twins immune to HIV.

New research suggests that a controversial gene-editing experiment to make children resistant to HIV may also have enhanced their ability to learn and form memories.

No one knows what it is, just where it comes from.

In this post we discuss the differences between a Neuralink-style ‘Neural Lace’ and how this compares to a digital brain.