Caterpillar Inc. has acquired self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch Tractor, according to people familiar with the matter. Monarch, which at its peak drew comparisons to Tesla within the ...

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) acquired agricultural technology startup Monarch Tractor, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The purchase marks a shift for a company that ...

In the endless pursuit of faster, more efficient travel, engineers have been cooking up all kinds of new forms of propulsion. One of the most interesting to emerge in the last decade is the electric ...

A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Atlanta returned to São Paulo on Sunday evening because of an engine issue, the airline said. Delta flight 104, an Airbus A330-300, returned to São Paulo ...

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — The Street Cat Clinic, a nonprofit organization in Miami-Dade County, aims to solve the overpopulation problem in South Florida. The Street Cat Clinic performs about 10,000 ...

Caterpillar Industrial Power Systems highlighted several new engines and power solutions during CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026. The showcase included the debut of a higher-horsepower version of the Cat C3.6 ...

Caterpillar moved to the center of the AI infrastructure buildout this week as developer Nscale said it would use the company’s natural gas generator sets to power a major new West Virginia data ...

It takes backbone to solve an enigma like the “falling cat” problem. By Taylor Mitchell Brown In 1894, the French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey tried to resolve a particularly vexing question in ...

Having a cat is a lot like living with a roommate who you love eternally but who really can’t be bothered to accommodate you in any way. If your cats are anything like mine, they fashion anything into ...

Why do falling cats always seem to land on their feet? Scientists have been arguing about the precise mechanism for a very long time—since at least 1700, in fact—conducting all manner of experiments ...

Back in 2024, a flood of AI-generated images got the internet thinking Caterpillar was working on a pickup truck. While most of it was little more than slop, the prospect of such a vehicle from the ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The proposals at hand attempt to put a cap on long-term ...