It's become something like a Whack-a-Mole nightmare: Drive-thru restaurants are popping up across the country in ever-larger numbers, despite more and more cities trying to drop the hammer on new drive-thru construction. Now, there doesn't seem to be a national database of drive-thru restaurants in the U.S., but we can still find real-world data to show their growth. For example, the country counted an estimated 215,000 fast-food restaurants as of 2025. That represents a 20,000-store increase since 2020 — and 68% of fast-food outlets include drive-thrus (via Actowiz). Some relatively new players to the drive-thru game are expanding their presence, too. Chipotle is a case in point. The company opened its 1,000th drive-thru "Chipotlane" store in 2024 and added another 257 in 2025.
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We have Amazon to thank (or blame) for completely transforming the way we shop. The e-commerce giant’s virtually endless product selection, massive inventory, and ultra-fast delivery options have made everything from streaming movies to ordering groceries from Whole Foods as easy as clicking a button.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Wednesday that the driver of a Tesla who crashed into a house in June had pressed the accelerator pedal to 100%, overriding the company’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software.
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SNL fan favorite Marcello Hernández is set to host the 2026 ESPYs, recognizing the year’s top athletic achievements and most memorable moments. The awards show will be broadcast on Wednesday, July 15 at 8 p.m. PT/ET on ABC, which is also available to watch live on any streaming service that carries said network, namely DirecTV (with a five-day free trial), Fubo, Sling and Hulu + Live TV.
Over the last year and a half, the Federal Communications Commission, led by chairman Brendan Carr, has had substantial oversight of Paramount Skydance Corp.
The FCC signed off Skydance’s deal to acquire Paramount Global, approving the transfer of broadcast licenses (just days, funnily enough, after CBS announced that it was canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert). And the Commission is currently reviewing a request that would permit Middle East investors to own a majority of Paramount Skydance’s economic shares (though control of the company would remain with David Ellison).
Graphical Abstract. Credit: The ISME Journal (2026). DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wrag169
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that tiny photosynthetic bacteria band together into protective "herds" when attacked by predators—a survival strategy that could also influence how carbon is stored in the world's waters.
Kamoʻoalewa, also known as 2016 HO3, a small near-Earth asteroid and quasi-satellite of Earth, now the target of China's Tianwen-2 sample return mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
What does it take to catch up with a small, tumbling rock hundreds of thousands of kilometers from Earth? For China's Tianwen-2 mission, the answer was a 400-day chase covering roughly 1 billion kilometers (621 million miles) of deep space—one that has just ended in success. The China National Space Administration has confirmed that the probe has rendezvoused with the near-Earth asteroid Kamoʻoalewa, also known as 2016 HO3, closing to within about 20 kilometers (12 miles) and officially beginning its scientific exploration phase.
The 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N receives a massive price cut compared with the previous model year.
For 2026, the 641-hp 5 N starts at $61,500, which represents a $6300 price reduction.
The lower price comes as the 5 N's sedan-shaped sibling, the Ioniq 6 N, remains in limbo for the North American market.
Imagine you're walking home and see a sale sign outside your favorite ice cream shop. There's been a delay on the shop's new flavor, and—for some reason—your favorite flavor hasn't been selling particularly well. So, they're holding a sale: Now, your favorite flavor is $6300 less expensive than it was last year. Ope, we got our wires crossed. That $6300 price cut applies to the 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, which is one tasty flavor of ice cream indeed.
