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Honda posts first-ever annual loss in nearly 70 years as electric vehicle bet backfires
Honda Motor posted its first-ever annual loss this week since it was first listed on the stock market in 1957. The Japanese car company’s bet on electric vehicle sales left it with $9 billion in restructuring costs due to low demand and President Donald Trump’s "Made in America" policies. "EV demand has declined considerably, due to...
Report: Stanford women’s basketball coach accused of fostering ‘toxic’ environment amid player exodus
After missing the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year and seven players entering the transfer portal, the Stanford women's basketball program is now dealing with questions about culture under head coach Kate Paye, who just wrapped up her second year as Tara VanDerveer's successor. "Not a great environment," a parent of a player who...
The differential impact of air pollution on insect chemical communication
Abstract Airborne chemical communication is vital for insect survival and reproduction, yet its vulnerability to anthropogenic air pollution is poorly understood. We investigate how the physicochemical properties of alarm and sex pheromones influence their atmospheric persistence under pristine and polluted conditions. Using a volatility basis set framework, we show that alarm pheromones—small, volatile, and chemically...




