The hearing will include hours of testimony, some of which will use many words to say very little. So, settle in and watch above or read on for some of the high points from the event. Why is this happening? Opening statements Chairman Mr. Cicilline doesn’t hesitate to call out how each company stands to benefit from the global effects of COVID-19. He nicely sums up the complaints about these large companies and their ability to force out smaller players and guide innovation efforts....

In the story, orphaned James seeks refuge with a bunch of anthropomorphized insects inside a huge stone fruit, which is then toted across the Atlantic Ocean by a flock of seagulls. Dahl said it would take 501 birds to do the job: “I shall simply go on hooking them up to the stem until we have enough to lift us. They’ll be bound to lift us in the end,” James explains....

This 5.2-liter Supercharged V8 has more than 700 horsepower, which makes it the most powerful street-legal Ford engine ever built. It finds its home inside the Shelby GT500. It uses the same components from the GT350, but improves cooling capacity and reinforces elements like the crank to handle the extra horsepower. This is the 7-speed dual clutch transmission that distributes the power from the V8 engine pictured above. This six-cylinder engine has 310 horsepower and variable valve timing (hence the VVT in the name) to help reduce overall emissions....

But scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development found a workaround. They used machine learning techniques to scan social media for sentiment shifts following the first wave of COVID-19 in 100 different countries and get real-time reads on how happy or sad the events related to the pandemic made people across the world. Think of the process as an AI-powered mood ring, but for millions of people....

While you won’t see a shaggy, 12-feet-tall mammoth brought back from the dead any time soon (unlike the 16-year-old frozen mice earlier this month), scientists at Penn State are the first to decode almost the entire DNA set of the now extinct species of elephant. The team used DNA extracted from the hairs (which encases remnant DNA better than bones) of a 20,000-year-old mammoth mummy found in the Siberian permafrost and another 60,000-year-old mammoth mummy to sequence the extinct species’ nuclear genome....

Dubbed the PM522 Washbear, the revolver fires .22LR bullets, common in small-game hunting rifles and some pistols. Every part of the gun is printed in sturdy ABS plastic, except three: elastic bands, a metal roofing nail that acts as a firing pin, and a nonfunctioning slab of metal that goes in the handle so the gun can show up on metal detectors, which is generally required by law. The gun has both 6 (reinforced nylon) and 8 shot (ABS plastic) cylinders....

The Corps first started looking for a new amphibious vehicle back in 2011. Their current floating swimming waterproof truck, the Assault Amphibious Vehicle, entered service with the Marines in the 1970s. This aging armored vehicle can move at up to 10 miles-per-hour in the water and up to 45 mph on the land, carries 21 Marines in the back (not counting its 3-Marine crew), has a grenade launcher and a ....

Interest was high for a street version of McLaren’s successful racer, but as the company employed only seven workers at the time and they were busy building cars for racing customers. The solution was to hand off street car production to Elva. When McLaren Automotive decided it was time to build its first topless sports car, secured the rights to the Elva name and applied it to the company’s quickest, and lightest, car yet....

The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Popular Science: What made you say, ‘I would love to be locked in a bubble for eight months with five people I barely know’? Jocelyn Dunn: [laughs] I was really interested in space, but as I went through my aerospace-engineering program, I realized I was also interested in the human side of it—the astronaut in addition to the spacecraft. The mission combined those two interests, and so it was incredibly appealing to me....

Scientists funded by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center have found vitamin B3, a.k.a. niacin, in a group of eight ancient, carbon-rich meteorites. And the more pristine a meteorite is, the more B3 it contains. The amount of niacin in the eight meteorites ranged from 30 to 600 parts per billion. The finding suggests that a lot of the Earth’s initial niacin supply may have originated in space, during the cosmic events that created the Solar System, and been brought to earth by meteorites....

Back in 2014, a team of scientists led by Nizar Ibrahim of the University of Detroit Mercy discovered a partial fossil of a massive spinosaurus in Morocco. This creature had short back legs, a crocodile-like snout, and pulled-back nostrils, not unlike animals we see with semi-aquatic lifestyles today. These were all hints that this particular dino might have found itself at ease wading into the water, but there wasn’t enough evidence to suggest the animal was a full-time swimmer....

A genetic database is helping bust cattle rustlers in Argentina, although I suppose the introduction of cloned cattle could throw that plan for a loop.There are certain scientific ideas, like entropy and some physics formulas, that give me the heeby-jeebies because they remind me of the fever dreams I’d have when I was little, which were always about math. I also get the same feeling from the Roald Dahl book Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, and plans for a space elevator....

Despite the positive attitude of consumers towards sustainable or green products, they don’t always go through with the purchase. This demonstrates a gap between their intention and actual behavior concerning sustainable consumption, also known as the “attitude-behavior gap.” Businesses must take different approaches to address contributing factors and effectively influence consumer behavior to close this gap. According to some researchers, even the choice of music in advertisements plays a crucial role in convincing consumers to purchase a green product....

And now, it turns out NASA also has a big three: the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes. Known collectively as the “Great Observatories,” they recently combined data to craft a three-dimensional image of the Crab Nebula just as dazzling as any NBA championship ring. Researchers used 2D images from the Great Observatories to create this interpretation of the nebula: Chandra supplied the x-rays, Hubble the optical light, and Spitzer the infrared light....

To give drones better maneuverability when flying in the wind, a team of engineers from CalTech have developed a deep neural network—an artificial intelligence tool—to allow a drone to be agile in the presence of blowing air. In a video, the researchers show off a quadcopter drone that, thanks to this software, can pull off figure-eight maneuvers and fly through a small gate, all in the presence of 27-mph-wind in a wind tunnel....

The instrument’s main goal is learning more about dark energy—the pesky, inscrutable substance we can’t see, smell, or touch, that’s fighting gravity and tearing the universe apart. Other telescopes have done similar surveys, but DESI has a trick up her sleeve—automation. “You can imagine DESI as being 5,000 robots that each act independently,” says Kyle Dawson, an astronomer at the University of Utah and a spokesperson for the international project which is managed by Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in California....

Specialized apps offer to reduce your stress and keep you focused and productive. We collected nine to help you track your time, schedule breaks, collaborate more smoothly, and maybe even enjoy yourself at work. 1. Toggl Networking, rote tasks like invoicing, and general distractions can eat up your work day. To figure out just where the time is going, you’ll need to track it. That’s where Toggl comes in. This app is intuitive and easy to set up....

A team of analysts at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Monterey, California, pored over the hour-long video and isolated the few clips of the submarine missile launch. They found that out of almost an hour of footage, just 30 seconds showed the submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). Of that, part of the footage is shown twice, the second time mirrored, and it appears to explode. The footage of that explosion is then cut short and leads directly into what looks like an entirely different weapon flying above the clouds....

This specific Dyson cordless vacuum can tackle larger households and homes with pets (or family members) who shed a lot. It comes with an extra-wide, 12-inch head for covering bigger areas in shorter times. It also includes five more attachments. You get a soft dusting brush, a reach under tool, a stubborn dirt brush, a light pipe crevice tool, and the hair screw tool. While that last tool may sound ominous, it’s extremely useful for picking up pet hair....

Seal everything up tight To help ensure your van retains as much heat as possible during cold winter nights, make sure there aren’t any spots where heat can leak out and cold air can slip in. This is also essential if you plan to store your van, as it prevents water from leaking in and causing mold and other issues. We’ll start by looking at how you can stay warm on the road, then provide a few essential tips for readying your van to hibernate for the winter....