NASA picks Astrobotic to deliver its water-hunting robot rover to the Moon – TechCrunch
NASA has selected a company to fly its VIPER Moon rover to the Moon, for a mission which will be a crucial step in its Artemis program as it will...
The most bitter part of the coronavirus pandemic
Wild medical discoveries that change the course of history — namely penicillin — can happen. “But those are rare,” emphasized DePaul University's Klugman. “Science does not work that way. It...
Will flu or cold viruses push the new coronavirus out of circulation this winter?
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is here to stay for the summer. What happens next, though, is unclear. One possibility is a major second wave in the autumn or...
Learn about plants and animals easily
"Do you think Frank recognizes us?" my 10-year-old asked one afternoon as we peered over the railing of a bridge along the greenway in our neighborhood. Frank, naturally, is the...
Dear NASA, please put a particle collider on the Moon
NASA’s current mission, to boldly go where no PR campaign has on behalf of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is a noble one. Donald Trump wants US boots on Mars. And considering...
Cue Health raises $100 million to speed development of rapid, portable COVID-19 diagnostics – TechCrunch
San Diego-based startup Cue Health has closed a $100 million Series C funding round, including participation from Decheng Capital, Foresite Capital, Madrone Capital Partners, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, ACME Capital...
Transparent face mask startup inhales $1M seed round – TechCrunch
A Swiss startup called HMCARE, spun out of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, has raised a million Swiss Francs (equivalent to about $105 million) to commercialize its transparent and...
A big shark and a large squid fought in the deep sea
An underwater photographer snapped a curious picture of a shark off of Kona, Hawaii, in November 2019. The oceanic whitetip shark had unusual, ring-like markings on its body. The photographer,...
Artificial brains need rest too
AI is still a long way from matching human intelligence, but one way it might already mirror mere mortals is in its need for sleep. Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory...
DNAnexus raises $100M for a cloud-based analytics platform aimed at genomics and other clinical big data – TechCrunch
DNAnexus, which provides a cloud platform for governments, universities, doctors, and pharmaceutical companies to tap into DNA and other clinical datasets and collaborate on scientific research projects, is today announcing...