There are more than 4 million miles of paved road in the United States, and 93 percent of them are covered in asphalt. Unless you’re backpacking in the wilds of Alaska or wandering the bayous of Louisiana, you are never more than 22 miles from a stretch of blacktop. That’s a lot of asphalt,...

The FAA says a software program it developed a year ago is reducing airline delays by 1.1 million minutes a year, in the process saving the industry $27 million annually. “that software pays an instant dividend to passengers,” crowed Robert Sturgell, Acting Administrator of the FAA. “Whan...

Dodge went out and created one of the most retro car designs that the industry has seen, and man did it hit the nail on the head with the exterior look. The 2008 Dodge Challenger debuted at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show, but final week was the first instance I had a chance to take it out for a spin...

A San Diego start-up says it is using algae to form oil that can be refined into gasoline and other fuels that are both renewable and carbon-neutral, and it plans to produce 10,000 barrels a day within five years. That’s a fraction of the 20 million or so barrels of petroleum the United States...

A San Diego start-up says it is using algae to compose oil that can be refined into gasoline and other fuels that are both renewable and carbon-neutral, and it plans to produce 10,000 barrels a day within five years. Sapphire Energy claims its “green crude” is chemically identical to light...

Dodge execs announced nowadays that the redesigned 2009 Dodge Ram could see up to a 20% improvement in highway gas mileage. The 2008 two-wheel-drive Ram with a 310-hp V-8 got 13/19 mpg city/highway, so that highway number could go as high as 23 mpg.    That’s a meaningful bump, as...

According to a Harvard Medical School study that appears in the journal Science, fasting before a faraway flight can help prevent jet lag. (Insert joke about airlines cutting meal service here.) The body’s natural circadian rhythms serve as the clock that tells us when to wake and when to sleep....

With a simple swipe of a farecard through a subway turnstile, the police could potentially know all of your travel habits. Recently, the Chicago police nabbed a suspect of attempting to kidnap a 12-year-old passenger by tracking his movement through the the city’s L system. After the police received...

With a simple swipe of a farecard through a subway turnstile, the police could potentially know all of your travel habits. Recently, the Chicago police nabbed a suspect of attempting to kidnap a 12-year-old passenger by tracking his movement through the the city’s L system. After the police received...

The Columbia Broadcasting System tackled the fit state of the automotive industry on yesterday’s nightly news. They went straight to the source to sum up why things are so dire for the Big Three: Cars.com senior editor Joe Wiesenfelder. "whether fuel prices weren’t high and the economy...

Joe Wiesenfelder has already tackled the stronger, faster brother, the Cooper S Clubman, and now Kelsey Mays gets his hands on the non-S version. total with a Hot Chocolate leather interior, the experiment vehicle delivered the type of Mini experience we’ve grown accustomed to. It might not...

The European Union has a thriving space program, but it doesn’t have a vehicle capable of putting a man in orbit. It might finally get one. European aerospace consortium EADS Astrium unveiled a model of manned spacecraft it says could carry astronauts into space within 10 years. It would be...

It’s just a mock-up, but it could sign one giant leap for Europe’s space travel program. Yesterday at the Berlin Air Show, European consortium EADS Astrium unveiled a model spacecraft that it says could be carrying astronauts into space within the next ten years. that would be a huge step...

It’s just a mock-up, but it could sign one giant leap for Europe’s space travel program. Yesterday at the Berlin Air Show, European consortium EADS Astrium unveiled a model spacecraft that it says could be carrying astronauts into space within the next ten years. that would be a huge step...