All signs point to an active 2020 hurricane season
Right now, it's poised to be a potent Atlantic hurricane season. Though the Atlantic cyclone season begins in June and usually doesn't ramp up until August, environmental conditions in the...
NASA will test a new spacecraft solar sail using a NanoAvionics satellite – TechCrunch
NASA is going to test a new solar sail system to determine if it’s a viable alternative to propellant-based thrusters for maneuvering small satellites, and potentially for low-cost transportation of...
4 amazing astronomical discoveries made by ancient Greeks
The Histories by Herodotus (484BC to 425BC) offers a remarkable window into the world as it was known to the ancient Greeks in the mid-fifth century BC. Almost as interesting...
CZI teams up with UCSF and Stanford to research COVID-19’s prevalence in the Bay Area – TechCrunch
With $13.6 million in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, a new collaboration will pull together researchers at UCSF, Stanford and CZI-adjacent medical research nonprofit the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub to...
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Elon Musk provides more details about SpaceX’s plan to reduce Starlink satellite visibility – TechCrunch
During a virtual conference briefing this week, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk provided more details about a new plan that his company has to mitigate the impact of their...
Is this the moment of maximum risk?
It seems that the UK is over the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in terms of both cases and numbers. Many other countries are in the same situation. This is...
How deep learning can improve how we conduct scientific research
Whether we take it for granted or not, deep learning algorithms have become an inseparable part of our daily lives. Personalized feeds, face and voice recognition, web search, smart speakers,...
MIT’s new wearable lets you control drones with Jedi-like arm gestures
A new robot control system created at MIT CSAIL lets you pilot a drone just by moving your arms. The system, called Conduct-A-Bot, measures arm movements through wearable motion sensors, and...
Why the Arctic’s unprecedented ozone hole fizzed out
You're probably familiar with the infamous ozone hole over Antarctica, caused by damaging and now-illegal chemicals. But during March and April this year there was a notable zone of depleted...