WashPo: Intuitive Machines reaches moon despite imperfect landing
Private space company Intuitive Machines said it landed its second robotic spacecraft on the moon Thursday but — as with the first attempt — probably not in the intended, upright position.
After several hours of trying to determine the status of its Athena spacecraft, CEO Steve Altemus said that despite the apparent imperfect landing, the vehicle was generating power and communicating with controllers on Earth.
UPI: Butter a deadly delight compared to plant oils, study says
People who eat loads of butter have a higher risk of premature death, while those who use mostly plant-based oils like canola or olive oil have a lower-than-average risk, researchers found.
What’s more, swapping butter out for plant-based oils like canola or olive oil causes a person’s risk of premature death to drop dramatically, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Substituting 10 grams of butter a day — less than a tablespoon — with plant-based oils could lower by 17% a person’s risk of death from any reason and from cancer specifically, results show.
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It’s also likely, according to an accompanying editorial, that a person who’s a butter fiend makes many other diet decisions that undermine their health.
“Butter is often associated with unhealthier dietary patterns, while plant-based oils are more commonly linked to healthier patterns, such as the Mediterranean diet and plant-based diets,” an editorial co-written by Dr. Young-Moon Mark Park, an assistant professor of epidemiology with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, said.
CleanTechnica: Hydrogen Buses Keep Failing - De Lijn Is Just The Latest To Cut Losses
For over two decades, hydrogen bus trials around the world have followed the same predictable arc: big promises, high costs, operational headaches, and inevitable abandonment. From Vancouver and Chicago in the early 2000s to Vienna, Mallorca, and Wiesbaden just last year, transit agencies have repeatedly launched pilot programs only to watch them collapse under the weight of economic reality. Maintenance costs soar, refueling stations break down, and the hydrogen supply chain remains an expensive mess. Time and again, agencies have either quietly retired their hydrogen fleets or outright canceled planned procurements, yet some still fail to absorb the obvious lesson—hydrogen for public transit is an overhyped dead end.
The sheer scale of failures should be enough to deter any rational transit planner. Iceland mothballed its fleet when EU funding dried up. Perth abandoned its trial. Whistler’s fleet froze in the cold and cost taxpayers a fortune. São Paulo, Oslo, San Remo, Hamburg, Pau, Montpellier, and Tarragona all tried and rejected hydrogen for the same reasons. Even Liverpool, unable to secure a viable hydrogen supply, saw its brand-new fleet sit idle. Meanwhile, California keeps propping up hydrogen transit with billions in subsidies, driven more by lobbying than logic. The bottom line is clear: where hydrogen trials have been objectively assessed, agencies overwhelmingly shift to battery-electric buses — cheaper, simpler, and already dominating the market.
InsideEVs: VW Design Boss Confirms Buttons Coming Back: ‘It’s A Car, Not A Phone’
VW cut most of the physical controls out of its early EVs and learned a long, painful lesson.
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“From the ID.2all onwards, we will have physical buttons for the five most important functions–the volume, the heating on each side of the car, the fans and the hazard light–below the screen,” Mindt told Autocar. He added, “They will be in every car that we make from now on. We will never, ever make this mistake anymore. On the steering wheel, we will have physical buttons. No guessing anymore. There’s feedback, it’s real, and people love this. Honestly, it’s a car. It’s not a phone.”
Last Updated: 07.Mar.2025 15:44 EST
