Virgin Orbit has announced the target timing for its next orbital flight attempt, which follows a demonstration launch earlier this year that went mostly well — right up until its...
DeepMind, the AI technology company that’s part of Google parent Alphabet, has achieved a significant breakthrough in AI-based protein structure prediction. The company announced today that its AlphaFold system has...
3D-rendered faces are a big part of any major movie or game now, but the task of capturing and animated them in a natural way can be a tough one....
Look at that. NASA astronaut Victor Glover blasted into Earth's orbit aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft last week. Soon after, Glover and three other astronauts safely docked to the...
SpaceX has launched yet another Starlink mission, adding 60 more Starlink satellites to its low-Earth orbit constellation. That’s good news for its efforts to blanket the globe in high-speed broadband,...
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In a tweet about greenhouse gases, Ivanka Trump has redefined ignorance. On Tuesday, the president's daughter, an official adviser to the president, tweeted about a huge drop in U.S. greenhouse...
The setup’s hilarious: Two park rangers hiding behind a tree pointing a camera at a bear in the distance so they can use facial recognition software to determine if they’ve...
Renowned researchers Manuel Blum and Lenore Blum have devoted their entire lives to the study of computer science with a particular focus on consciousness. They’ve authored dozens of papers and...
There's an excellent reason why the United States' top infectious disease expert isn't gathering with family outside his home for Thanksgiving this year. Infected people without symptoms, who might feel...
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