If things weren’t bad enough, part of the universe is eroding

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It’s a finding that has the potential to shake the foundations of physics. ‘If true, it would be the first real clue we have gotten about the nature of dark energy in 25 years,’ said Adam Riess, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University who won the Nobel Prize for co-discovering dark energy in 1998.” [// Wired »]( [/ev] [Eli Motors - Your current car is killing the planet [Partner]]( [Your current car is killing the planet]( Sorry, there’s no easier way to say it than that. The truth is that there just aren’t that many perks to most American cars these days. They’re oversized. They’re expensive to own and maintain. And they’re awful for the environment. Eli Electric Vehicles is creating a new breed of micro-EVs that are everything but that. They’re compact, cost-effective, and eco-friendly vehicles that are changing the landscape of urban mobility for good. 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