CBC: Alex Ovechkin inches closer to goals record, but Winnipeg Jets have last laugh in overtime
Washington star Alex Ovechkin had tied the game 2-2 with a one-timer that went through Connor Hellebuyck’s pads with four minutes remaining in the third period.
Ovechkin now has 889 career goals, six away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record of 894.
UPI: Health officials in D.C. on alert after person exposes Amtrak rail passengers to measles
The infected person took an Amtrak train from New York to the District of Columbia and visited an urgent care facility while contagious, officials said.
“[D.C.] Health was notified of a confirmed case of measles in a person who visited multiple locations in [D.C.] while contagious,” health officials said in a statement. ‘[D.C.] Health is informing people who were at these locations that they may have been exposed."
Verge: Rivian spins out secret e-bike lab into a new company called Also
Despite the revenue opportunity presented by the new category, car makers have yet to find any notable success with their e-bikes despite brands like Porsche, Mercedes, Jeep, GM, Hummer, and others all giving it a go. The e-bike industry is going through some growing pains, too, with VanMoof filing for bankruptcy and Rad Power Bikes cycling through a series of executives.
Verge: The Nissan Leaf lives on as a compact SUV with a Tesla charge port
The Nissan Leaf is back, and it’s not a frumpy looking hatchback anymore.
The Japanese automaker is dusting off its pioneering EV and giving it new technology and a new form factor. The Leaf will return as a crossover SUV with a Tesla plug (!!), casting off its outdated appearance that previously led to rumors of its inevitable demise.
Nissan is also rebooting some other familiar nameplates, including the Sentra and Rogue. But the newly refreshed, third-generation Leaf is coming first, arriving in North America in 2026.
Slashdot: Science: Scientists Record First Sounds Ever Known To Be Made By Sharks
sciencehabit quotes a report from Science.org:
Whales sing, orcas squeal, and sea turtles croak. But sharks are more the strong, silent type. Now, researchers report the first evidence that sharks make sounds, too, described today in Royal Society Open Science. The animals may be making the sounds — a series of clicking noises — by snapping their flat rows of teeth, which are blunt for crushing prey. The sharks can hear mostly low-frequency noise, and the clicks they emit are higher pitched, which suggests they are not for communicating with other rigs. It’s possible they are a defensive tactic. Marine mammals that eat rigs, such as leopard seals, can hear in the frequency range of the rig clicks, but the researchers question whether a few clicks would deter an attack. The sounds might be part of their response to being startled, the team says.
Lost Bits: The Basement
We are proud to present The Basement, a visual zine that combines history, art, and technology in a beautiful creation by Ethan Blanton and Jarek Zola. You can download a version of The Basement for digital viewing, licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. You may also want to view High-resolution scans of the individual photos in The Basement.
The Basement is, as the full title says, “an avid look at yesterday’s electronics.” It is a passion project of art and technology in the form of a zine. Produced using cameras from the middle of the 20th century, with mid-century through 1980s technology as its subject, scanned on modern high-resolution equipment, and then typeset with software from the 1970s and laid out with current desktop publishing tools, it captures three quarters of a century of industrial design and technology in a friendly format.
Last Updated: 26.Mar.2025 23:16 EDT
