A Tesla Model S Plaid spontaneously combusted with the driver inside

The ISS as we know it may be coming to an end, and a black hole's core could be a strange "Planck Star." [Interesting Engineering]( Saturday, 03 Jul 2021 Let's kick off the day with your briefings. - A Tesla Model S Plaid [spontaneously combusted](, briefly trapping the driver inside. - New evidence of a glauconitic-like clay shows that [Mars once supported life](. TODAY IN HISTORY Today in 1886, Karl Benz drove the first automobile in the world in Germany, reaching a top speed of 10 mph (16 km/h). Benz is also the patent owner of the first motorcar. Interested? Take a virtual tour of the [Mercedes-Benz Museum](. [The Ocean Was Just on Fire in Mexico, Thanks to a Gas Leak]( The fire occurred near the Yucatan peninsula on an offshore oil platform owned by a state oil company. [The Ocean Was Just on Fire in Mexico, Thanks to a Gas Leak]( [Science]( [Manuel Lopez San Martin/Twitter]( The blaze ultimately transformed the water into a boiling inferno, dubbed the "Eye of Fire" on social media. [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Boeing 737 Just Crashed Off the Coast of Hawaii]( Among the aircraft in service today, Boeing's are not the luckiest. [A Boeing 737 Just Crashed Off the Coast of Hawaii]( [Transportation]( [Bryan / Wikimedia](Boeing_737-200_planform_view.jpg) A Boeing 737 cargo plane was forced to execute an emergency water landing off the coast of Hawaii. [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Tesla Model S Plaid Spontaneously Combusted, Briefly Trapping the Driver Inside]( This could be a flaw with the design, but further investigation is necessary to confirm or refute this possibility. [A Tesla Model S Plaid Spontaneously Combusted, Briefly Trapping the Driver Inside]( [Transportation]( [Ben Meiselas / Twitter]( The burning Model S Plaid was among the first 250 vehicles shipped out to buyers. [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [linkedin]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Insect-Sized Robots Navigate Through Mazes With Super Agility] [University of Berkeley]( [Innovation]( [Insect-Sized Robots Navigate Through Mazes With Super Agility]( Engineers created an insect-scale robot that can roam complex terrain and avoid unexpected obstacles. [> Read More]( [New Study Finds Cancer Cells Eat Themselves to Survive] [Marcin Klapczynski/iStock]( [Science]( [New Study Finds Cancer Cells Eat Themselves to Survive]( Cancer cells wreak havoc on the body, but it turns out they have a pretty creepy way of surviving too. [> Read More]( [A Black Hole's Core Could be a Strange "Planck Star"] [NASA/JPL-Cal-tech]( [Science]( [A Black Hole's Core Could be a Strange "Planck Star"]( Could there actually be something besides a singularity in the core of a black hole? [> Read More]( [The ISS as We Know It May Be Coming to an End] [NASA]( [Science]( [The ISS as We Know It May Be Coming to an End]( The future of the International Space Station as we know it may be in jeopardy. [> Read More]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Video of the Day [Turn Old Metal into a Magnificent Steel Rose]( [Turn Old Metal into a Magnificent Steel Rose]( If you are looking for a new project and happen to like metalworking, then this steel rose might just be it. [> Read More]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [youtube]( [linkedin]( You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to our newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( to manage your newsletter subscriptions. [Display on interestingengineering.com]( Interesting Engineering, Inc 201 Spear Street, Suite 1100 San Francisco, CA 94105 © Copyright 2021 | Interesting Engineering, Inc. All Rights Reserved