los angeles
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LA’s Mountain Lions May Face Extinction — But There’s A Way To Save Them
Cougars have called California home long before humans have. In Los Angeles, however, urbanisation and human activity are driving nearby mountain populations toward possible extinction, according to a new study.
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Elon Musk Appears To Be Building Some Sort Of Batcave Underneath Los Angeles
According to new plans filed with city officials, the Boring Company is building a car elevator inside the garage of a nondescript house near Los Angeles. The steel shaft is designed to lower a vehicle down to a test tunnel that snakes beneath the city of Hawthorne. And as some jokesters have pointed out, the…
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Uber Plans To Put Self-Driving Cars Back On The Road ‘Within The Next Few Months’ After Fatal Crash
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says that the company plans to put self-driving cars back on the road “within the next few months”. The transportation company suspended tests in March after one of its vehicles struck and killed a pedestrian in Arizona. The incident is believed to be the first human death from an autonomous car.
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If You Want To Catch A Lizard You May Have To Flirt With It
Humans are the ultimate predator. If you’re armed with the right tools there’s virtually nothing else that can beat you in a standoff (except maybe antibiotic resistant bacteria, but let’s forget about that). If you want to befriend the animal, though, it’s a whole different story.