Spectacular red palm weevil scoops top award in bug photography prize

This red palm weevil looks like it is ready for a boxing match. The close-up shot won Mofeed Abu Shalwa Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year 2020 Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833073-500-spectacular-red-palm-weevil-scoops-top-award-in-bug-photography-prize/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Volvo Will Sell LIDAR-Equipped Self-Driving Cars To Customers By 2022

Volve says it’ll start selling LIDAR-equipped cars in 2022, which the Swedish automaker says will be able to drive themselves on highways with no human intervention. The Verge reports: [M]ost LIDAR are ridiculously expensive, with the leading suppliers pricing theirs at around $75,000. But now, Volvo says it has found a LIDAR maker that can produce the sensors cheap enough to…