One such mind puzzle is this picture which at first glance looks perfectly normal. A family in the 1950s cartoon are at home in their living room enjoying some quality time together beside the fire.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finalized a rule on Monday that will require seat belt use warnings for rear and passenger seats and enhanced warnings for driver seats.

In 2022, front seatbelt use was about 91.6 percent, while rear seatbelt use was about 81.7 percent, the agency said. A rear-seatbelt warning is already a familiar feature to many drivers.

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So-called heliostats — which are essentially mirrors — reflect and focus the sun's rays onto one certain point. The bundled heat is then used to create steam, which spins a turbine that makes ...

A category of synthetic organisms dubbed “mirror life,” whose component molecules are mirror images of their natural counterpart, could pose unprecedented risks to human life and ecosystems ...

So-called mirror cells could rampage through our ecosystems, food supply and immune systems, experts say, potentially without existing barriers to protect against them Eli Wizevich History ...

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A group of researchers has published new findings in Science Policy Forum on potential risks from the development of mirror bacteria—synthetic organisms in which all molecules have reversed ...