Why temperature scanners won’t help us stop COVID-19
During the pandemic, the chances are that as you enter an airport or doctor’s surgery, someone will point an infrared thermometer at your forehead in order to assess your temperature....
Watch this first-person view of Tianwen-1 entering Mars’ orbit
As the China National Space Administration's Tianwen-1 mission entered Mars' orbit on Wednesday, it shared video footage of the feat back to Earth, which was shared with the world two...
All the world’s coronavirus particles fit in a soda can
We can only glimpse viruses with advanced microscopes. But to really fathom the minuscule size of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), mathematician Christian Yates, a senior lecturer in mathematical biology at...
Racial disparity in Chicago cops’ use of force laid bare in new data – TechCrunch
Analysis of a trove of data extracted from the Chicago Police Department has revealed major differences between how black and white officers, as well as male and female ones, actually...
Immunai raises $60M as it expands from improving immune therapies to discovering new ones, too – TechCrunch
Just three years after its founding, biotech startup Immunai has raised $60 million in Series A funding, bringing its total raised to over $80 million. Despite its youth, Immunai has...
A practical guide for founders and investors – TechCrunch
Vin Lingathoti Contributor Vin Lingathoti is a partner at Cambridge Innovation Capital, where he focuses on technology investments. A software engineer by background, Vin has spent more than a decade...
We should look for polluted planets if we want to find smart ETs
And you shall know them by the pollution in their skies: A team of NASA-funded researchers may have developed a new method for sussing out intelligent extraterrestrial life. TL;DR: It’s...
What actually caused the disastrous avalanche and flood in India
The video footage is violent and unsettling. On Sunday, a torrent of ice, water, mud, and debris surged through a steep river valley in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand....
Polar vortex will bring cold to much of the U.S. by Valentine’s Day
Arctic air will plunge deep into the U.S. Unusual cold, even for the heart of winter, will grip a great swath of the U.S. by the weekend. That's largely because...
NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy for $332M mission to launch lunar Gateway components in 2024 – TechCrunch
NASA has announced that SpaceX will take two major parts of the Gateway lunar orbiter that will function as a pit stop for future Moon missions. The Power and Propulsion...