NPR: Thirty years before the Nissan Leaf and the Chevrolet Volt, Mike Brown was creating all-electric cars out of conventional gas-fueled ones. Electro Automotive, which he founded in 1979, sells electric-car conversion kits and hosts how-to workshops. Because the range of electric cars remains modest, Brown focuses on cars for the short-commute marketâmdash;what he calls “grocery-getters,” which can hold four adults and a load of groceries. Although the emerging electric-car market may negatively affect his business, Brown is optimistic that it could instead help it by increasing awareness.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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