SpaceX pushing iterative design process, accepting failure to go fast
"This is very rapid iteration."
Science // Science & Exploration
Rocket Report: Astra nearing first launch, Starship may soon roll to pad
A ride to the Moon for under $10 million? That's quite a price.
Neanderthals may have interbred with a much older human lineage
The result is likely to be disputed, as it relies on a novel technique.
Human activities responsible for more methane emissions than thought
Emissions pinned on natural sources are probably our fault instead.
Two passengers from coronavirus-stricken cruise ship die in Japan
First deaths from the onboard outbreak, which is the largest outside of China.
Coronavirus cuts Chinese carbon emissions by up to 25 percent
Nitrogen oxides have also fallen significantly as factories are closed.
Japan’s space agency moving ahead with Phobos lander mission
Is Phobos a captured asteroid? Or was it created by some ancient cataclysm?
Americans on coronavirus cruise ship barred from US after failed quarantine
"They put us in a petri dish to get infected."
Battery charging meets machine learning
Algorithms help testing hardware figure out the best way to a fast recharge.
Google parent pulls the plug on power-generating kite project
First moonshot project to be axed since Google cofounders stepped back from management.
Divided, we fall: How ant behavior mimics political polarization
Division of labor, polarization arise from social influence plus interaction bias.
Did birds still migrate during ice ages?
Model simulation tests idea that staying home would be advantageous.
When the Sun expands, it will trash all the asteroids
Light from stars at the end of their lives is intense enough to rip asteroids to bits.
Coronavirus outbreak on Diamond Princess hits 454; 14 infected Americans return
The new cases in America bring total from 15 to 29.
Bio-electronic device can produce electricity using nothing but humidity
Can produce power for about 20 hours each day and will work indoors and at night.
