"The findings raise serious questions about how reliable AI tools are at evaluating scientific research, or answering people’s health queries. They could also complicate efforts to invest in AI tools for scientists. And it’s not an easy problem to fix." Oh. That'll help.

Due to unforeseen cancellations, today's Rapture has been switched for a replacement bus service.

I'm trying to find any descendants of John and Emma Gilkes who lived in Heath Road, Twickenham, in the early 19th century. Here they are.. behind the bride... at the wedding of their daughter Ethel to a man called Will Whiting ca 1908. Feel like I'm in a Hartley novel...

There's only one... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHCd...

"One of the service reps told me, 'When you bought this car, you knew it was new, and you need to be patient with it.' And I asked him, we paid just under $90,000 for the car. Is Volvo going to be patient with my lease payments? He didn't have an answer to that." insideevs.com/news/773202/...

In the late 19th century, millions of migrants left Germany as a result of religious persecution, economic hardship, and political uncertainty. Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3

Timeless classic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvzM...

💊 Aspirin and bowel cancer A major trial found low-dose aspirin halved the risk of colorectal cancer returning after surgery in patients with certain gene mutations. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025... #SciComm #Cancer 🧪

Time for the world to install a gigawatt of solar power capacity 2004: A year 2010: ~ a month 2015: ~ a week Now: < A day ourworldindata.org/data-insight... 🧪

Stellantis detects breach at third-party provider for North American customers reut.rs/3VtIOoW

Using the internet in 2025 be like

We Should Be So Much Further Ahead…. “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." - Isaac Asimov.

Is this peak Volvo? Hard to think of anything it lacks. youtu.be/9DPHNFg2nWo

Any Audi specialists on who can help me identify this coolant hose part number for a B8 RS4? It's weeping a little and while not serious it's making a mess of everything below it. RT and help plz :)

In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich." A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."

NEED

Pooch in a Pouch Someone at Dromfest brought a friend. Leica R4, Film Ferrania P33, Rodinal 1:50. #BelieveInFilm

Ad for the Rallye is live, if anyone knows someone who might be interested www.carandclassic.com/l/C1944976

Who knew this line about Africa in the 2000s would sound applicable to the US in 2025: “subordinates owe loyalty to their personal patrons, not to laws and institutions.” The difference is that corruption hasn’t seeped into the entire bureaucracy and congealed into political culture but…

Over 20 years, Peter Thiel quietly turned his Roth IRA into a gargantuan tax-exempt piggy bank. Using stock deals unavailable to most people, the billionaire took a retirement account worth less than $2,000 in 1999 and spun it into a $5 billion windfall. (Published 2021)

My car was written off in an accident at 14.50 today. I reported it to the AA at c15.10. They said recovery would reach me at 17.30. They’ve just told me they won’t be here until 20.30. I’m alone on an industrial estate and the car won’t close. Livid does not begin to describe it. Shame on them.

If I was on BMW board I’d be asking serious questions of the CEO..

It's 2000, & wreck diver Rod Macdonald has discovered something terrifying: "Dave and I couldn’t resist the temptation to fin over to the edge of the pinnacle & look over the side, down into the 200-metre deep abyss. [Then] I became aware that my exhaled bubbles had stopped rising upwards..." 1/

Would have to add Blues Brothers into that mix.

After a house fire was put out, the solar panels on the roof were covered with spray on plastic to stop them generating and starting another fire! youtu.be/jwMwM11jWv0?...

I sort of suspected he would end up buying it. What a car to rescue. youtu.be/4mtANEj1gBw

cats is cats

It's going to be easy to tell who thinks AI is great isn't it? They will be walking like John Wayne and wincing when they sit down.

I love this image: how solar plus batteries can push out fossil fuel from the bottom up.

Well here's a thing.Turns out repairing gigacasted cars isn't actually more expensive. www.industryarsenal.com/p/gigacastin...

Now live! Further EV Roadtrip adventures with added crypt. youtu.be/hmFd7PvdMMk

Can we all agree Jasmine Crockett is a total badass? 👏

UPDATE: On Sep 10, Bloomberg published its investigation into #Tesla doors + safety problems in crashes of its #EV models. On Sep 15, NHTSA opened a (narrow) defect investigation. Now, Tesla's chief designer said the company is looking to combine its electronic + manual door-release mechanisms.

NEW: Britain’s fiercest libel firm, Carter-Ruck, acted for the $4bn OneCoin fraud and threatened its critics. Now they’re being prosecuted at the SDT. Their response? An anonymity order to cover it up. But Carter-Ruck just lost that order - and it's all coming out. Thread

Definitely giving up on using Apple Maps in the car. The routing is atrocious and it's also out of date. Sent me the wrong way completely as a new bit of road had been built years ago. Waze is also useless where there's not a 4G minimum good data signal either at the start of a journey.

Studies. Publishable by TfL only if they produce the desired conclusion. www.thetimes.com/article/fb3f...

Some great physics going on here. LOL. 🎢

Linkety link: youtu.be/C06kSaycH-Q

🚨Slightly Used EV Deal - Save £5,140🚨 2025 (74-reg) Renault 5 E-Tech Comfort Range 52 kWh Iconic with 6,000 miles on the clock, a huge spec list and 252 miles of range (WLTP) in a subtle shade of vibrant green for… ⚡️⚡️⚡️🤩 £22,255 🤩⚡️⚡️⚡️ www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/...

good god I've written a new edition of Car Science, only about 18 months after the last one. this is basically just a bunch of interesting things that've happened with synthetic fuel (the stocks are down ...and also up?) and I figured I might as well write about buttondown.com/HSouthwellFE...

Finally

Latest News Show is finally out. JLR woes continue. Munich left us feeling flat. Car journos should trying buying a car. Packed show this week, hope you enjoy. To 👂 via streaming click 👉 www.motoringpodcast.com/episodes/202... To 👂 via other services click 👉 mpnewsshow.captivate.fm/listen

Jay Leno seems a very sensible and down to earth kind of person. youtu.be/qmpSznK4P1k?...

I drive a beautiful Citroën not-a-DS! youtu.be/IFuop3YAUl4

I love cameras, all kinds of cameras. I use all kinds of cameras. But that doesn’t mean I love them all equally. Sorry, Sony… binaryfossils.blogspot.com/2025/09/soul...

Blimey. Another excellent interior of the day car. www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/...

good morning, Bowler made a handful of road cars and this one is painted in Verde Hydra and I think those two facts are neat www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sale...

10,000 miles since new. I'd have to go and get it muddy.

I could almost buy this just for the interior 😍