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GM patents a dual-port charging system for EVs with vehicle-to-load

The battery system on an electric car can either charge—from regenerative braking or an external power supply—or discharge—powering the EV’s motor(s) or supplying that power via so-called vehicle-to-load. As a rule, it can’t do both at once, but General Motors…

What Marvel and DC heroes can teach us about resilience

Are superheroes and supervillains the product of their childhood experiences? Not if they belong to the MCEU or DCU, according to a new paper published in the journal PLoS ONE. Canadian researchers watched many hours of those movies and looked…