Watch In Agony as a BMW M5 Safety Car Crashes
The Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, served as an eventful third round of the 2025 MotoGP season. Polesitter Marc Marquez made an unexpected last-minute decision, abandoning his wet-spec…
2025 Top Safety Cars: IIHS Best Picks
More rigorous crash-test standards by the IIHS emphasize back-seat safety Mazda continues to excel with Top Safety Pick+ awards on nearly all its models The IIHS keeps intensifying crash-test standards…
Study shines headlights on consumer driverless vehicle safety deficiencies
For the first time,researchers at the University of California, Irvine have demonstrated that multicolored stickers applied to stop or speed limit signs on the roadside can confuse self-driving vehicles, causing…
May 2024 Solar Storm Triggers Unusual Radiation Belts, Raising Space Safety Concerns
A significant solar storm that occurred in May 2024 led to the formation of two temporary radiation belts around Earth, as confirmed by satellite data. The discovery was made when…
Reflective clothing could make you invisible to car safety systems at night
Reflective clothing might not help in all situations at night Electronic safety systems in vehicles don’t see the same way as the human eye New federal safety regulations go into…
Research on clozapine safety: Big-data evidence on rare blood cancer cases
An inter-departmental research team at the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has conducted the world’s first analytic real-world cohort study on the association of…
NHTSA finally modernizes 5-star crash-test safety criteria
The five-star safety rating system gets an overdue overhaul to test for pedestrian safety Measuring the effectiveness of driver-assist systems mirrors testing by the IIHS Analysts call the updates the…
New Biosensor in Seatbelts Tracks Driver Stress and Health Levels
A breakthrough in biosensor technology could enable the real-time monitoring of stress and alertness in drivers and pilots. Developed by researchers from the National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University,…
India’s Gaganyaan Mission Postponed to 2026 as ISRO Focuses on Safety, Testing, and Astronaut Training
India has delayed its inaugural astronaut mission under the Gaganyaan programme to 2026, pushing the timeline a year beyond the original schedule. The decision, announced by S. Somanath, Chairman of…
Safety systems induce distracted driving
Two separate studies involving Tesla Autopilot and Volvo Pilot Assist found that drivers misuse partial automation The more comfortable drivers get with hands-free driving, the more likely they are to…