Will the big tech companies dominate AI applications? Experts weighed the pros and cons in a recent online conference.
And that something could totally change one of the universe’s most fundamental frameworks.
EasyJet said it had to scrap hundreds of flights due to staffers being infected with COVID-19.
An analysis of the genetic material in the ocean has identified thousands of previously unknown RNA viruses and doubled the number of phyla, or biological groups, of viruses thought to exist, according to a new study our team of researchers has published in the journal Science.
RNA viruses are best known for the diseases they cause in people, ranging from the common cold to COVID-19. They also infect plants and animals important to people.
These viruses carry their genetic information in RNA, rather than DNA. RNA viruses evolve at much quicker rates than DNA viruses do. While scientists have cataloged hundreds of thousands of DNA viruses in their natural ecosystems, RNA viruses have been relatively unstudied.
TransPod has received funding for a high-speed link between Alberta’s two largest cities. Travel between destinations will take 20 minutes.
Nearly a dozen companies are betting on computer-controlled, airborne wind energy to electrify the future.
By Kurt Kleiner.
Any kid who’s ever flown a kite has learned the lesson: Once you can get the kite off the ground and high into the air, you’re more likely to find a steady breeze to keep it aloft.
High-paying, fully remote jobs are growing at a faster pace than anticipated. It could turn up the heat on employers as they navigate the return to the office.
We can build a real, traversable wormhole… if the universe has extra dimensions.
It may be possible to build a real, traversable wormhole, but only if our universe has extra dimensions, a team of physicists has found.
Mangetoreception, or the ability to sense Earth’s magnetic field, is basically a superpower.
Just as the ancient Minoans of Crete used the stars for maritime navigation, birds today migrate with the help of Earth’s magnetic field.
Bar-tailed Godwits—famous for their longest-known non-stop migration journeys—use the magnetic field to help them figure out their current positioning in addition to where they should head next. And although this isn’t the first time scientists have looked at mangetoreception (also called magnetoception) in birds, we still don’t have a clear understanding of how these animals are able to tap into the magnetic field and make use of it.
The International Lunar Observatory Association (ILOA) in Hawai’i is preparing to launch a dual-camera system attached to a Moon lander whose primary purpose will be to photograph the cosmos.
ILOA is preparing its precursor science education payload for integration on a pioneering commercial Moon lander later this year, while also continuing to advance more robust observatories for future long-term astronomy, science, and exploration missions.
The International Lunar Observatory (ILO) missions have been in development for the better part of a decade. In 2013, ILOA and the Moon Express corporation announced the private enterprise mission in 2013 that would have both scientific and commercial purposes with the goal of delivering the ILO to the Moon’s South Pole aboard a robotic lander. The hope is that it would establish permanent astrophysical observations and lunar commercial communications systems for professional and amateur researchers.