You can buy Croatian carmaker Rimac’s new 1,900-horsepower electric hypercar Nevera for $2.5 million

Croatian carmaker Rimac has unveiled the Nevara, its production-ready electric hypercar with a hefty price tag of $2.4 million. Initially branded as The Rimac C_Two, the 1,914-horsepower two-seater was first teased at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. (For comparison, a Chevrolet Corvette off the production line, for instance, has around 495 horsepower; a Malibu, around … Read more

Premature birth less likely for pregnant women on healthy diet from conception to second trimester

Pregnant women who follow a healthy diet from conception to the second trimester are 50% less likely to have a premature birth, study finds Pregnant women who follow healthy diet are less likely to have premature birth Also lowers risk of gestational diabetes, high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia Healthy diet included fruit, vegetables and nuts, while … Read more

Geology: Ancient Sumatran supervolcano harmed the ozone layer and led to human population bottleneck

A catastrophic drop in atmospheric ozone levels around the tropics some 75,000 years ago caused a bottleneck in the human population, a study concluded. Ozone levels fell by half as a result of the eruption of the Toba supervolcano in Sumatra, experts from Germany‘s Max Planck Institute for Chemistry found. One of the Earth’s largest-ever explosions, Toba is … Read more

China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets a new world record after running at 216MILLION°F for 100 seconds

China‘s ‘artificial sun’ nuclear fusion reactor has set a new world record after running at 216million degrees Fahrenheit (120million°C) for 100 seconds, according to state media. It also achieved a peak temperature of 288million°F (160million°C) – more than ten times hotter than the sun. Chinese scientists hope the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) will unlock a … Read more