November 2020 had something in common with January 2020, May 2020, and September 2020. Globally, they were all the warmest respective months in the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service...
In the immortal words of Will Smith: Welcome to Earth. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully completed its mission to bring a piece of the asteroid Ryugu back...
SpaceX is launching a new spacecraft during its 21st Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission for the International Space Station this morning. The launch is set to take off at 11:17...
Essentials Week spotlights unexpected items that make our daily lives just a little bit better. It brings me no joy to admit that LeBron James and I probably wouldn't have...
State researchers in China recently developed a quantum computing system purported to be 10 billion times faster than Google’s “Sycamore” machine. If true, this would represent a significant milestone for...
When Dr. Soo Khim Chan runs what appears to be a regular virus sample through a COVID-19 test, she knows that if all goes well, it will come back positive....
Snap. The legendary 1,000-foot-wide Arecibo Observatory's telescope, a giant dish embedded in the verdant Puerto Rico forest, experienced a major collapse on Dec. 1. A 900-ton platform suspended over the...
NASA has selected the winning candidates that they’ve decided to tap to collect lunar resources for eventual Earth return, from a number of commercial companies who applied. The four companies...
Marshall Choy Contributor Marshall leads product at SambaNova, bringing decades of deep enterprise hardware and software experience with industry leaders including Oracle and Sun. If only 10% of the world...
Digital health startup Everlywell has raised a $175 million Series D funding round, following relatively fast on the heels of a $25 million Series C round it closed in February...
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