Famous US Automaker Faces The Music As Million-Dollar Vote Scheme Goes South

A fraud lawsuit against Tesla CEO Elon Musk is moving to the next step, in which class action status will be determined in regards to his pledge to select random voters to receive $1 million each, if they sign petitions circulated by his America PAC. The post Famous US Automaker Faces The Music As Million-Dollar Vote Scheme Goes South appeared first on CleanTechnica.

Surprise! London’s tax on polluting cars made everyone much healthier (updated)

The city of London has released a report showing drastic drops in air pollution since it expanded its Ultra Low Emission Zone, an area within the city where polluting vehicles must pay a fee to visit. (Update 8/19/26, original article 5/15/25: A new study shows that children in London have significantly better lung function than before the zone was implemented)

STAT+: Regeneron drug for disease that causes dangerous bone growth earns FDA approval

A Regeneron drug that treats an ultra-rare disease that causes bone to form where it's not meant to be has won approval.

Tom Gauld on popularity in the lab

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoonTom Gauld's weekly cartoon

The wild, gripping story of the psychedelic secreted by desert toads

Kimon de Greef's The Ego Trip chronicles the rise of a potent psychedelic drug, from the toads that secrete it to the man who claimed it has amazing powers. Olivia Goldhill discovers an extraordinary tale

This week’s new questions

Why do humans have a common sense of beauty for things like sunsets, and do other animals share this appreciation? And why can’t we cool water as quickly as we can heat it?

Twisteddoodles on distribution graphs (with added cats)

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Don’t be an archaeologist in a movie if you want to survive

This sci-fi novel is a riveting tale of an oppressive galactic empire

A rich widow, a disillusioned cop and a dim hypersled driver are caught in the machinations of the oppressive party ruling the Decurion Empire in Richard Swan's The Infinite State. Sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson enjoys their struggles

Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 4

Answers continue to pour in as New Scientist readers ponder this question, with one reader widening it out to consider dragonflies, and another focusing on cluster flies