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2027 Nissan LEAF NISMO Delivers Everyday Sport With Race-Bred Chassis Work

By Bill Smith July 24, 2026

Nissan just put its performance division to work on the third-generation Leaf, and the result went on sale in Japan this week. The LEAF NISMO takes the new crossover-style electric hatch and adds exclusive aero pieces, firmer suspension, grippier rubber, and software changes aimed at sharper responses. For anyone put off by the high cost and polarizing looks of something like the Ferrari Luce, this offers a far more approachable way to get a sportier electric daily driver. It keeps the same motors and battery options as the regular Leaf while focusing the changes where they matter most for driving feel.

One Color Per Layer Is Quietly Rewriting Multi-Color 3D Prints, Cutting Printing Time in Half

By Jackson Chung July 24, 2026

Multi-color filament printing has always carried a heavy tax. Every time a printer switches filaments mid-layer it pauses, pulls the old plastic back, primes the new one, and often dumps a blob of mixed waste into a purge tower. On complex painted models those swaps can number in the thousands. Print times stretch into days and entire spools disappear into the scrap bin.

Beethoven or Birds, Europe Puts Ten Fresh Designs for Its Next Euro Banknotes on Display

By Bill Smith July 24, 2026

Europeans now get a direct look at the faces and landscapes that could soon fill their wallets. This week the European Central Bank unveiled ten shortlisted design proposals for the next series of euro notes and opened an online survey so the public can weigh in before a final choice arrives at the end of the year.

Radar Signals from US-India NISAR Satellite Turns an Antarctic Peak Into a Hummingbird

By Jackson Chung July 24, 2026

Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Radar signals from the joint US-India NISAR satellite have mapped a mountaintop in East Antarctica that forms a clear hummingbird shape once the data is processed into color. Scientists at the mission nicknamed the result “the hummingbird” almost as soon as the image appeared.

Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil Gets New Trailer, Teases Bryan’s Bad Night in Raccoon City

By Bill Smith July 23, 2026

Zach Cregger is taking another swing at Resident Evil after a string of movies that left fans cold. His version opens in theaters September 18 and runs a tight 95 minutes. It stars Austin Abrams as Bryan, a medical courier who signs up for a double-pay job delivering an organ to Raccoon City General on a snowy night. He has a pregnant girlfriend waiting at home and zero idea what waits for him once the truck rolls into the wrong part of town.