What Dr. Anthony Fauci is doing for Thanksgiving
When it comes to infectious diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci has seen more than any of us. The 79-year-old immunologist took the reins at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...
Can artificial intelligence give elephants a winning edge? – TechCrunch
Adam Benzion is a serial entrepreneur, writer, tech investor, co-founder of Hackster.io and the CXO of Edge Impulse. Images of elephants roaming the African plains are imprinted on all of...
Two COVID-19 vaccines are working. So what comes next?
Is the COVID-19 vaccine waiting game almost over? On Wednesday, pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had completed a clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine, and that data...
Iconic Arecibo radio telescope to be dismantled after 57-year run – TechCrunch
The famous Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, which has provided an invaluable service to scientists for 57 years as well as establishing itself in popular culture, will be dismantled...
Monstrous Hurricane Iota leaves scenes of disaster in Central America
2020 is playing some cruel cards. Near the end of a record-breaking storm season, two powerful hurricanes, both named with Greek letters, slammed into nearly the same spot in Nicaragua....
Astra targets December for next orbital launch attempt – TechCrunch
Astra is set to launch it’s next orbital rocket, with a window that opens on December 7 and lasts for 12 days following until December 18, with an 11 AM...
Watch Rocket Lab launch 30 satellites and attempt to recover a rocket for the first time live – TechCrunch
Launch provider Rocket Lab has a mission today – codenamed ‘Return to Sender,’ it’s the company’s 16th launch, and it will carry, among other things, a payload that will demonstrate...
What we really know about the buzzy cannabis compound
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Here’s how machines become sentient
Welcome to Neural’s guide to the glorious future of AI. What wonders will tomorrow’s machines be capable of? How do we get from Alexa and Siri to Rosie the Robot...
The climate hasn’t hit a ‘point of no return’
We aren't yet doomed. Climate research published on Nov. 12 in the journal Scientific Reports claims Earth "is already past a point-of-no-return for global warming," which provoked the ire of...