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Analysis Of Super-Earth Atmosphere Reveals Potentially-habitable World

Posted in Business, Science on 1st Mar, 2020
by Alex Muller

The main differences between an Earth-like and a Neptune-like exoplanet come down to the ratio of atmosphere-to-rock, as well as the composition of both.

Brain Scan Study Discovers A New Type Of Schizophrenia

Posted in Medicine on 1st Mar, 2020
by Alex Muller

The results reveal significant differences in gray matter volumes, distinguishing two distinct types of schizophrenia and busting the previously held notion that all schizophrenia patients brains are the same.

US Obesity Is Now Over 40% And Black Americans Are Nearly 50% Obese

Posted in Medicine on 29th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

Obesity is associated with serious health risks. Severe obesity further increases the risk of obesity-related complications, such as coronary heart disease and end-stage renal disease.

Astra Launching Rockets Moved In A Shipping Container Needing Only Days To Prepare

Posted in Business, Hardware on 26th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

Astra is currently offering dedicated launch services of 50kg-150kg payloads (to 500km SSO reference orbit) in 2020 and 2021.

Weeks Of Lag And Not Enough Coronavirus Tests

Posted in Medicine on 26th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

The US has performed about 500 tests. There is likely low-level outbreaks that cannot be detected.

U.K.’s Top Cop Calls For Government To Legislate Police Use Of AI

Posted in Software on 25th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

Britain's most senior police officer on Monday called on the government to create a legal framework for police use of new technologies such as artificial intelligence.

First Direct Marsquake Data Reveals A Seismically Active Red Planet

Posted in Science on 25th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

The spacecraft’s primary sensor has now pulled in the first ever direct measurements of seismic activity on Mars, which mission scientists can use as window to better understand the planet’s insides and its potential to harbor life.

SpaceX Will Fly Four Tourists To Orbit In 2021-2022 On NASA Approved Crew Dragon

Posted in Business, Science on 21st Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

This mission will be the first orbital space tourism experience provided entirely with American technology.

$10 Billion Jeff Bezos Earth Fund Will Fight Climate Change

Posted in Business, Science on 21st Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

Jeff Bezos launched the Bezos Earth Fund with an Instagram announcement.

Japan Display Launches 1058ppi 2.1-inch Screens For Smaller VR Glasses

Posted in Business, Hardware on 18th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

Two of this year's most important evolutions of VR glasses involve increasing their display resolution and reducing their size, changes that Japan Display (JDI) is making possible.

Apple Will Miss Q2 2020 Revenue Projection Due To Coronavirus Impacts

Posted in Business on 18th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

Today, the company warned investors that it will fall short of that guidance due to impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus on both iPhone manufacturing and overall Apple sales in China.

Researchers Find A "consciousness Switch" Deep In The Brain

Posted in Medicine, Science on 15th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller

There's an incredible amount we don't understand about the workings of the human body and brain, and consciousness itself remains one of the great mysteries of science.