The ALIA CX300 can carry around 200-square-feet of cargo on medium distance flights. Credit: BETA / Brian Jenkins Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Air New Zealand has cleared its runways to test both all-electric and hydrogen-powered planes. Although in its early stages, the four-month “intensive proving program” may help one day usher in a new era of sustainable flight. Aircraft remain some of the biggest sources of ve...

OnePlus has revealed more specs of its upcoming Pad Go 2 tablet, which will be unveiled alongside the OnePlus 15R and the Watch Lite on December 17. The OnePlus Pad Go 2 will offer a 12.1-inch display with up to 900 nits in high-brightness mode, 7:5 aspect ratio, 88.5% screen-to-body ratio, and a resolution of 2800 x 1980 pixels. The screen will also support Dolby Vision. It will pack a 10,050mAh battery with support for 33W fast charging and 6.5W reverse charging. The 8GB/256GB variant in the S...

Trinity Poague, a former Miss National Peanut Festival pageant queen, has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2024 death of her boyfriend’s toddler son. On Friday, an Americus jury convicted Poague of cruelty to children, two counts of felony murder, and two counts of aggravated battery. They acquitted her of malice murder, Court TV reports. A judge sentenced her to life in prison without the possibility of parole until she has served 30 years. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the pros...

Honor’s Magic8 series has just grown with the official unveiling of the Magic8 Lite today, which we already unboxed back in November. As the name implies, this will be the cheapest member of the family, and it arrives as the successor to the Magic7 Lite, which got launched in January. The Honor Magic8 Lite is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SoC, paired with 8GB of RAM. You can get it with 256GB and 512GB of storage. It boasts a 6.79-inch 1200×2640 OLED screen with 120Hz...

A report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) recommends three strategies to accelerate the deployment of distributed solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Ukraine as the country works to increase its energy security. December 8, 2025 Patrick Jowett The IEA has proposed three potential policies to increase the deployment of distributed solar and BESS in Ukraine. The agency’s latest report says distributed solar has played a key role in restoring and adding energy capacity in U...

The Model Y is Tesla’s most reliable vehicle. (Image source: Tesla) The times when scalpers used to buy Teslas and flip them for a profit are long gone, with used EV prices nosediving in the past two years. Legacy Tesla owners can’t expect a great deal of reliability from their cars, either. Tesla car owners have long complained about various issues with their vehicles as they age, ranging from underengineered suspension and interior assembly quality to expensive out-of-warranty batt...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The upkeep on a gasoline powered chainsaw can be a lot to deal with, especially if you prefer the convenience of battery power. However, the problem with going from fuel to battery is the amount of runtime you’ll actually have. Addressing that issue with the Ryobi 40V chainsaw depends on a variety of factors, such as the battery you’re using as well as the chainsaw model itself. One of the important aspects about electric chai...