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Briefing: Waymo Has Doubled Its Weekly Ridership In Under A Year

Strategic angle: Waymo said on Thursday that it is handling 500,000 driverless rides per week across the U.S.

Briefing: We Need To Escape Our Family Hauler For Something Bigger! What Car Do We Buy?

Strategic angle: Jesse wants to help his wife replace her old Ford Escape. She needs something bigger with three rows. With a budget up to $50,000, what car should she buy?

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Judge told Maduro 'plundered' Venezuelan wealth in court battle over legal fees

Strategic angle: A judge emphasized the importance of the right to defense amid arguments against using Venezuelan funds for legal fees.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Life

Briefing: Programmable superconducting diode can flow on command

Strategic angle: A team of researchers led by the University of Pittsburgh demonstrated a programmable superconducting diode at the LaAlO3/KTaO3 interface.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Swedish prosecutors seek prison for oil executives over alleged Sudan war crimes

Strategic angle: Prosecutors claim oil executives were complicit in war crimes through agreements with Sudan's government.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Politics

Briefing: Moscow’s mobile internet restored as Saint Petersburg goes offline

Strategic angle: Restrictions lifted in Moscow while St Petersburg faces ongoing outages amid security concerns.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Life

Briefing: Rare sperm whale birth and coordinated caregiving revealed by drone footage and underwater audio

Strategic angle: Project CETI publishes groundbreaking studies on sperm whale births and cooperative caregiving.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Life

Briefing: One-of-a-kind experiment tracks plant evolution in response to climate change at 30 sites worldwide

Strategic angle: A groundbreaking study examines how plants adapt to climate change across diverse global locations.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Life

Briefing: X-ray lasers enable the discovery of a critical point in water

Strategic angle: Researchers at Stockholm University have identified a critical point in supercooled water using advanced X-ray laser technology.

Editorial Staff Mar 26

Life

Briefing: Malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in South America are evolving to evade insecticides

Strategic angle: A new study reveals that Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes are adapting to resist insecticides, complicating malaria control efforts.

Editorial Staff Mar 26