Uber and Lyft have officially put their respective names into the electric scooter competition. Uber and…
Category: Science & Technology
It’s Time for the Next Wave of Ocean Exploration and Protection
Opinion: Reigniting exploration of the world's oceans is essential to protecting our natural resources and promoting…
If you thought the most recent flu season was bad, you were right
The recent U.S. flu season was classified as highly severe overall, the third time since 2003…
IBM and the DoE launch the world’s fastest supercomputer
IBM and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) today unveiled Summit, the…
The US Again Has the World’s Most Powerful Supercomputer
A new computer at Oak Ridge National Lab can perform 200 quadrillion calculations per second, ending…
Airbnb creates $10M fund to cover cancelled reservations in Japan after regulatory shift
Airbnb has been one of the breakthrough stories in the wave of shared-economy startups that have…
Workday acquires Rallyteam to fuel machine learning efforts
Sometimes you acquire a company for the assets and sometimes you do it for the talent.…
NASA rover data shows Mars had the ingredients needed for life
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A NASA rover has detected a bonanza of organic compounds on the surface…
The Many Shades of Bad Physics
There are different categories of incorrect physics—and each deserves its own strategy.
Inside the Arctic Circle, Golden Hour Has Nothing on Golden Day
When photographer Reuben Wu visited the Svalbard Satellite Station in Norway, the sun never strayed far…