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Jul 18, 2022

California Bullet Train Gets $4.2 Billion Green Light For First Phase While Bigger Challenges Loom

Posted by in categories: law, transportation

The country’s most expensive public infrastructure project finally appears to have the money and legal approval to complete its first leg.

Jul 18, 2022

A cosmic time machine: how the James Webb Space Telescope lets us see the first galaxies in the universe

Posted by in categories: space, time travel

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Jul 18, 2022

High-Flying Experiment: Do Stem Cells Grow Better in Space?

Posted by in category: biotech/medical

Scientists are shooting stem cells into space, hoping to make discoveries that help people on Earth.


Researcher Dhruv Sareen’s own stem cells are now orbiting the Earth. The mission? To test whether they’ll grow better in zero gravity.

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles are trying to find new ways to produce huge batches of a type of stem cell that can generate nearly any other type of cell in the body — and potentially be used to make treatments for many diseases. The cells arrived over the weekend at the International Space Station on a supply ship.

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Jul 18, 2022

This New ‘AI-Powered Drone’ Can Fly Even in Hurricanes!

Posted by in categories: climatology, drones, robotics/AI

This new AI-powered drone can resist strong winds and continue its flight thanks to a deep-learning technique created by Caltech engineers.

Jul 18, 2022

Edits to a cholesterol gene could stop the biggest killer on earth

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

In a first, a patient in New Zealand has undergone gene-editing to lower their cholesterol. If it works, it could signal the start of an era in which nearly everyone might undergo a gene-edit in order to prevent disease.

Jul 18, 2022

NASA teases list of first celestial objects imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope

Posted by in category: space

On July 8th, NASA released a list of targets of nebulas and galaxies that will be revealed on July 12th, when the space agency debuts the first full-color images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

Jul 18, 2022

Human and machine intelligence merge to discover 40,000 ring galaxies

Posted by in categories: information science, robotics/AI, space

A new artificial intelligence algorithm called ‘Zoobot’ helped to identify 40,000 ring galaxies. What else is the astronomical AI capable of?

Jul 18, 2022

Alphabet’s Wing is working on larger drones that can handle heavier deliveries

Posted by in category: drones

A new report says that Microsoft is moving to a three-year cadence for new versions of Windows, which would schedule Windows 12 to release on 2024 and set the stage for new Windows 11 features to release multiple times per year.

Jul 18, 2022

Research suggests some trees have potential for immortality

Posted by in category: life extension

Circa 2021


University of Nevada, Reno names Dr. Erick Jones dean of the College of Engineering.

Jones is a senior science advisor in the Office of the Chief Economist at the U.S. State Department.

Jul 18, 2022

The Year Everyone Remembered That Chips Matter

Posted by in categories: computing, transportation

Shortages of semiconductors messed up production of everything from cars to toys. Plans are in the works for more factories, but they’ll take years.