These four graphs prove we can’t blame climate change on ‘solar activity’
The past decade (2010-2019) was the hottest on record and five of the top 10 warmest single years have all occurred since 2015, according to reports released by the UK...
Welp, it looks like Antarctica broke its temperature record
Globally, high-temperature records are absolutely dominating low-temperature records. Now, an Argentinian research station just observed Antarctica's warmest temperature on record: a balmy 65 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3 Celsius). Like all of...
NASA confirms two Boeing Starliner issues would’ve led to spacecraft loss without intervention – TechCrunch
NASA and Boeing are sharing more details about the issues that were encountered during the Boeing CST-100 Starliner crew spacecraft uncrewed demo mission in December, and their progress on investigating...
Scientists built an AI to figure out what the universe is made of
A multi-university team of researchers from Japan recently used the world’s fastest astrophysics-simulation supercomputers to develop an AI system capable of predicting the structure of the universe itself. The scientists...
Why the East Coast has had such a wimpy winter
Meteorologists descended upon Boston in mid-January for the 100th annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society. January is Boston's coldest month, but during the weather conference, meteorologists experienced 75-degree temperatures. ...
How Microsoft runs its $40M ‘AI for Health’ initiative – TechCrunch
Last week, Microsoft announced the latest news in its ongoing “AI for Good” program: a $40M effort to apply data science and AI to difficult and comparatively under-studied conditions like...
Programmable living robots can help cure cancer — but how ethical are they?
A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”. This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making...
You just lived through the warmest January on record
For 421 straight months, Earth has been warmer than average. January 2020 continued where 2019 left off, as the planet's relentless, long-term heating trend — stoked by skyrocketing atmospheric carbon...
Why did the coyote and badger cross under the road? To avoid a serious problem caused by humans.
A wildlife camera filmed the profoundly rare sight of a coyote leading its badger companion through a tunnel beneath a Northern California highway. The now-viral clip shows the two species...
Elon Musk to solve self-driving with a ‘Super Fun’ AI hackathon
Tesla CEO Elon Musk yesterday announced that he’s throwing a “Super Fun AI Party/Hackathon” with Tesla engineers and a select group of invitees. Tesla will hold a super fun AI...