The UK Coronavirus Strain May Be Dominant in The US by March, CDC Says
The fast-spreading “UK variant” of the coronavirus could become the predominant strain in the United States by March, according to a new … Keep Reading
Traces of a Mysterious Particle Predicted Decades Ago May Have Been Detected
Evidence of a long-sought hypothetical particle could have been hiding in plain (X-ray) sight all this time. The X-ray emission coming off … Keep Reading
Octopuses May Be Adapting to The Rising Acidity of Our Oceans, Study Suggests
We know that all the excess CO2 we’re pumping into the air – alongside a host of other damaging effects – is … Keep Reading
NASA Says 2020 Was Basically The Hottest Year on Earth Since Records Began
NASA announced Thursday that 2020 was likely the planet’s hottest year on record, edging out 2016 by one-tenth of a degree Celsius. … Keep Reading
UK’s Bloom & Wild raises $102M to seed its flower delivery service across Europe – TechCrunch
Bloom & Wild, a London-based startup that takes an updated and online approach to the very traditional business of ordering and delivering … Keep Reading
Critical Test of NASA’s Giant Moon Rocket Cut Short by ‘Major Component Failure’
NASA’s mega-sized moon rocket encountered an engine issue during a critical test on Saturday, and the error could further delay the agency’s … Keep Reading
Iceland Genetically Sequences Every COVID-19 Case in World-Leading Strategy
Iceland has genetically sequenced all its positive COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic, an increasingly vital practice as worrying new … Keep Reading
Virgin Orbit reaches orbit for the first time – TechCrunch
Virgin Orbit launched its LauncherOne rocket to orbit for the first time today, with a successful demonstration mission that carried a handful … Keep Reading
GitHub’s head of HR resigns in light of termination of Jewish employee – TechCrunch
A GitHub internal investigation has revealed the company made “significant errors of judgment and procedure” in the firing of the Jewish employee … Keep Reading
Threat of inauguration violence casts a long shadow over social media – TechCrunch
As the U.S. heads into one of the most perilous phases of American democracy since the Civil War, social media companies are … Keep Reading