dankeelan | Global Auto Mobility

Ford Says Tariffs Will Cost Company $1.5 Billion In 2025

May 8, 2025 | Auto Industry, Featured, US Economy

Ford Motor Co. reported first-quarter earnings that are lower than a year ago, reflecting some impacts from tariffs along with plant shutdowns amid vehicle launches that constrained dealer inventory. Despite the automaker’s robust sales momentum last...

Resilience Moon Lander Arrives In Lunar Orbit

May 7, 2025 | Space

The Resilience spacecraft, which was built by the Tokyo-based company ispace, arrived at the moon on schedule Tuesday (May 6), keeping it on target for a historic touchdown try a month from now. “First and foremost, we are extremely pleased...

An Electric Car Drove Upside Down; The Secret Lies In Its Engineering

May 6, 2025 | Electric Vehicles, Engineering, Featured

As the name suggests, downforce-on-demand provides constant downforce at any speed. The keen among you will know that McMurtry isn’t the first to come up with this fan concept, and that’s for good reason. Most high-downforce racing cars generate...

ISS Fires Thrusters To Avoid Chinese Rocket Debris

May 1, 2025 | Space

The International Space Station (ISS) executed evasive maneuvers Wednesday evening (April 30) to avoid a piece of passing space debris. Hardware from a Chinese Long March rocket that launched in 2005 was on course for a close flyby of the ISS, prompting mission...

World First: Scientists Summon Lightning With Drone

May 1, 2025 | Drones, Weather

Earlier this month, the Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) successfully used a drone equipped with a lightning-proof cage to essentially summon lightning in an effort to mitigate damage from an incoming thunderstorm....