Major European airlines mislead customers with carbon offset credits, report says

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-430 landing in Barcelona on September 30th, 2022.  | Photo by Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images Airlines are selling passengers false hope that they can cancel out their flight’s negative impact on the environment, according to a new report. It probed eight of the biggest airlines in Europe and found that many of…

Presenting the Evidence for Patent Eligibility Reform: Part II – Harm to R&D Investment, Innovation and U.S. Interests

The muddled state of patent eligibility law has direct and significant negative consequences for U.S. R&D investment, and for innovation in key fields of medical, economic, and strategic importance to the United States and its citizens. Uncertainty reduces R&D investment, as has been well-documented, and reliable patent protection mitigates uncertainty and generates increased R&D investment….

Drivers woefully overestimate hands-free driver tech, study shows

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Many users of Cadillac’s Super Cruise and Tesla’s Autopilot driver assist systems are overconfident in those systems’ abilities, according to a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. IIHS surveyed owners of Super Cruise-equipped Cadillacs, Autopilot-enabled Teslas, and also owners of Infinitis or Nissans with ProPilot…

NASA is pumped about its asteroid-smacking accuracy

Photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope on October 8th shows the debris blasted from the surface of Dimorphos 285 hours after the asteroid was intentionally impacted by NASA’s DART spacecraft. The shape of that tail has changed over time. NASA/ESA/STScI/Hubble At a celebratory news conference today, NASA announced that the Double Asteroid Redirection Test…