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Tesla may be dominating the new EV sales, but there’s another — and unexpected — winner in the used electric vehicle market. iSeeCars.comanalyzed data from thetop 25 states with the greatest EV sales, which revealed that the best-selling used electric vehicle is the Nissan LEAF. In fact, the Nissan LEAF is the most popular choice in 18 out of the 25 states, while the Tesla Model S holds the first place in the remaining seven states....

Aspoof versionof the BBC news website, which has posted outlandish tabloid-esque stories about politicians and celebrities, could be in trouble, after the BBC said: “This website is not authorized by or connected with the BBC and we are considering our options.” The website, which uses the news-bbc.net domain name, has been online for a couple of years but it hasn’t been updated for some time. It mirrors the same design and layout as the officialBBC website, and indeed, many of the links on the page contain genuine BBC headlines from a couple of years ago, linking through to the BBC’s website....

Spooky space: Blue ring nebula reveals the secrets of binary stars It takes two to tango Unlike our own Sun, most stars in theMilky Wayare found in binary systems, dancing with another star around their common center of gravity. “Stellar mergers are a brief but common phase in the evolution of binary star systems. These events have many astrophysical implications; for example, they may lead to the creation of atypical stars… Although a handful of stellar mergers have been observed directly, the central remnants of these events were shrouded by an opaque shell of dust and molecules, making it impossible to observe their final state,” researchers wrote in an article inNaturedetailing the study....

Fitness apps are hot stuff right now, with plenty of buzz around apps likeRunkeeper. Now Danish startupEndomondo, which offers a similar experience to its better-known rival but focuses on social features to help motivate users, has raised $800,000 in its first major round of funding. The company plans to use the funds to hire more developers as it continues to push its social emphasis. “From day one, we’ve focused on how to make sports more fun,” explains co-founder Mette Lykke....

If Apple went in for this kind of marketing, I’d swear this story was a publicity stunt. UK sports starWill Carlinglost his iPad yesterday. Luckily he had MobileMe’s Find My iPad feature switched on, allowing him to track the missing device. Even better for us, he shared the entire episode on Twitter in entertaining detail, in what amounts to the best multimedia, real-time celebrity endorsement we’ve ever seen. “On an adventure!...