The ghostly northern lights webcam just turned on
The same live webcam site that brings you Alaska's glorious, salmon-hungry fat bears just turned on its webcam in the northern reaches of Churchill, Canada. This town, famous for the...
SpaceX hires ex-NASA human spaceflight expert and shows off Crew Dragon set to carry astronauts – TechCrunch
SpaceX is gearing up for its historic first human spaceflight, with a crewed demonstration mission of its Crew Dragon spacecraft tentatively set for May 7 (though that date is flexible...
First seeds from indigenous American tribe added to the doomsday vault
Millennia from now, future humans might be snacking on heirloom crops provided by the Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation is the first indigenous American tribe in the U.S. to be...
Fiddler Labs, SRI and Berkeley experts open up the black box of machine learning at TC Sessions: Robotics+AI – TechCrunch
As AI permeates the home, work, and public life, it’s increasingly important to be able to understand why and how it makes its decisions. Explainable AI isn’t just a matter...
A longshot federal recycling bill brings good ideas to the forefront
Picture it now: It’s you, in the faded light of your kitchen, dutifully rinsing out that plastic container that you didn’t even want to get but the store gave to...
Blue Canyon Technologies chosen by Made In Space for orbital manufacturing demo mission – TechCrunch
On-orbit manufacturing startup Made In Space has tapped Colorado’s Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) to help support its Archinaut One demonstration mission contracted by NASA, which is currently set to take...
Why Trump can dynamite a sacred, protected mountain to build the wall
To make way for the expanding border wall, contractors hired by the Trump administration are presently blasting away protected land in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument — a park established...
Orbital debris startup Astroscale chosen by JAXA for its first space junk removal mission – TechCrunch
Japanese orbital debris removal technology startup Astroscale is going to be working with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on the agency’s first mission to remove some of the junk...
Trump’s new budget pours billions into AI and quantum R&D
The US Office of Science and Technology today released more information about President Donald Trump‘s FY 2021 budget and, as it stands, it looks like the White House and Pentagon...
What America’s epic electric vehicle charging system may look like
There are some 111,000 gas stations in the United States. One particular station in Texas boasts 120 gas pumps. Those pumps are probably put to good use, because Americans today...