Communication, Education and Outreach

The scientists behind the CRISPR gene editing technology have retooled it for use as a coronavirus test. STOPCovid will be made by a leading Indian conglomerate, Tata, and could be the world’s first paper – based Covid-19 test available in…

“This week we should start to see the effects of the containment strategy”, Ben Cowling, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at the University of Hong Kong, tells TIME. “Does this virus have pandemic potential? From our assessment, not yet”,…

Digital assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are designed to learn more about you as they listen, and part of doing so is to record conversations you ‘ve had with them to learn your tone of voice, prompts, and…

AMD offered a lot of new products, including the popular 3rd Gen Ryzen & Ryzen Threadripper CPUs, 2nd Generation EPYC Rome server CPU. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X was teased back in November but the 64 core chip monster is…

The CST-100 Starliner is a new capsule to transport NASA astronauts to from low Earth orbit. Boeing plans 737 Max airliner. The Atlas V rocket carrying the Starliner capsule lifted off normally from Cape Canaveral, Florida December 20, 2019. we…

Imagine telling a marathon runner that you could improve their performance by 13 %. Additionally, while scientists agree there is some evidence that certain probiotics can help people with digestive problems like irritable bowel syndrome, many scientists argue that there’s…

On December 20, 2019, at an hour yet to be announced, Boeing plans to launch its CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vessel from Cape Canaveral on a voyage to the International Space Station. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is paying…

The International Space Station is an obvious example. In some countries it is optional for citizens to pay taxes toward maintaining Religious Institutions. Contributions would come from basement SCI-FI fans to visionary CEO’s. I believe in what Elon Musk and…

Late last year the ESA launched a robotic assistant known as “CIMON” (Crew Interactive Mobile Companion) to the ISS to help astronauts with a variety of tasks ranging from schedule keeping to basic maintenance. These tasks and completing chores so…

They clearly stated that the decision to send Apollo 8 on a circumlunar mission was overwhelmingly determined by Apollo’s aggressive schedule and not Cold War competition. George Low argued that in place of a high Earth orbit mission, NASA should…