By Leah Crane Space flight firm Astra plans to launch two rockets into Earth orbit in quick successionDARPA A California-based company that has been quietly building small disposable rockets is getting ready for liftoff. Space flight start-up Astra is gearing up to launch its first three orbital missions in quick succession, and potentially win $ […]
In 2019, there were 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals globally – and, given that the planet only holds 7.7 billion humans, this figure alone suggests that a lot of us are travelling. The World Tourism Organization reports two major motivations for this – “travel to change”: the quest for local experiences, authenticity, transformation and “travel […]
By Jason Arunn Murugesu The US has seen large numbers of opioid drug overdosesBackyard Productions/Alamy Far more people in the US may have died from opioids in the past two decades than previously reported, according to a new analysis of unclassified drug deaths carried out using machine-learning algorithms. Elaine Hill and her colleagues at the […]
In 2019, there were 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals globally – and, given that the planet only holds 7.7 billion humans, this figure alone suggests that a lot of us are travelling. The World Tourism Organization reports two major motivations for this – “travel to change”: the quest for local experiences, authenticity, transformation and “travel […]
The point person for the government (who will be reporting to Vice President Pence) is Deborah Birx, a longtime leader in the U.S. government’s efforts to contain the HIV/AIDS pandemic. From her position within the State Department as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Policy, Birx coordinated the Army, Navy […]
Google Cloud announced today that its new data center in Salt Lake City has opened, making it the 22nd such center the company has opened to date. This Salt Lake City data center marks the third in the western region, joining LA and The Dalles, Oregon with the goal of providing lower latency compute power […]
Facebook on Thursday announced that it has canceled its annual F8 developer conference due to concerns over the spread of coronavirus. The conference was scheduled to take place at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center on May 5 and 6. Facebook said it still intends to hold some smaller F8-related events locally, though it sounds […]
A proposed new mining algorithm, Proof of Transfer (or PoX), intends to become a key tool in realizing a user-owned internet and the promise of a secure Web 3.0. New York-based decentralized computing network Blockstack PBC unveiled the mining algorithm to anchor its network to the Bitcoin blockchain — a list of records called blocks, linked using cryptography. […]
By Leah Crane Many amphibians, including Cranwell’s horned frog (Ceratophrys cranwelli), glow under blue lightJ Lamb, M Davis/St Cloud State University, Minnesota Many species of salamander and frog are naturally fluorescent, glowing green under certain wavelengths of light, and we don’t yet understand why. Biofluorescence occurs when light hits a living organism and is absorbed […]
If humanity is going to become a spare-faring and interplanetary species, one of the most important things will be the ability of astronauts to see to their needs independently. Relying on regular shipments of supplies from Earth is not only inelegant; it’s also impractical and very expensive. For this reason, scientists are working to create […]