Boston Dynamics’ bipedal robot Atlas is now tossing tool bags around a (fake) construction site

"Going To Cripple Our Economy": Small Businesses Sound Alarm Over Record Diesel Price Spike The latest AAA fuel data from across America shows that the national average diesel price at the pump has jumped nearly 40% this month, surpassing the 2022 fuel spike that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Surging diesel prices are already generating a shock across trucking, rail, shipping, farm equipment, construction machinery, generators, and much of industrial logistics, given that the fuel powers the core of the economy. Seasonality: AAA Daily National Avg. Diesel 2022 vs. 2026 Companies now face...

It’s not hyperbole to say that America is broken; badly broken. The hope that Donald Trump would put America on the right path has also been broken. Yet another Middle East war is the very last thing that our nation needed. With each passing moment, the costs are mounting. How much can the American people, […] The post Counting The Costs: Another War Is Not What America Needed appeared first on LewRockwell.

Europeans Pay The Most For Public Transport Creating and maintaining reliable, efficient and affordable public transportation networks is crucial for developing a more sustainable mobility sector worldwide, though challenges vary by region. In Europe, gaps are most evident in rural areas, where low population density limits service frequency. In North America, many cities also suffer from fragmented public transport systems, making car dependency widespread in both rural and urban areas. In Latin America and South Asia, semi-formal systems such as minibuses are an important and affordable part of transport networks, but often lack reliability and...