Animals use some wild tricks to survive bushfires
Have you ever wondered how our native wildlife manage to stay alive when an inferno is ripping through their homes, and afterwards when there is little to eat and nowhere...
17-year-old Wolf Cukier discovers planet during NASA internship
Gen Z's intergalactic takeover has begun. On Monday, NASA announced that its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which captures images to be uploaded to the Planet Hunters TESS citizen science...
Boeing’s Starliner crew spacecraft won’t dock with Space Station as planned after missing target orbit – TechCrunch
Boeing’s Starliner CST-100 crew spacecraft got off to a great start on its first-ever launch to the International Space Station this morning — but despite the rocket and launch vehicle...
Collecting better data without killing people
Historically, there has been no safe, non-invasive and/or efficient method with deep penetration for modulating the human brain in vivo—stimulating or suppressing certain brain processes in a living person. Ultrasound,...
Operation Rock Wallaby rains food down on wildlife hurt by bushfires
It's sweet potatoes and carrots to the rescue for the wildlife of New South Wales. As raging bushfires continue to decimate the animal population of Australia, rescue efforts to save...
Micro-angelo? This 3D-printed ‘David’ is just one millimeter tall – TechCrunch
3D printing has proven itself useful in so many industries that it’s no longer necessary to show off, but some people just can’t help themselves. Case in point: this millimeter-tall...
How to measure the ‘I’ in AI
Last week, Lee Se-dol, the South Korean Go champion who lost in a historical matchup against DeepMind’s artificial intelligence algorithm AlphaGo in 2016, declared his retirement from professional play. “With the debut...
Australian Open tennis players affected by bushfires as air quality hits hazardous levels
Australia's continuing, catastrophic bushfire crisis has seen at least 28 people killed, an estimated 10 million hectares burned, and a decimated animal population with numbers yet to be confirmed. But...
Animated, interactive digital books may help kids learn better – TechCrunch
Digital books may have a few advantages over ordinary ones when it comes to kids remembering their contents, according to a new study. Animations, especially ones keyed to verbal interactions,...
New archaeology findings are redefining human history faster than ever
In 1924, a 3-year-old child’s skull found in South Africa forever changed how people think about human origins. The Taung Child, our first encounter with an ancient group of proto-humans...