Written by Alex Webb and Emily Chang
After years toiling away in secret on its car project, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has for the first time laid out exactly what the company is up to in the automotive market: It’s concentrating on self-driving technology.
Written by Sarah Lewin
Millions of people intend to watch the 2017 total solar eclipse, which will cross the continental U.S. on Aug. 21. Here’s how NASA scientists figure out exactly where the moon’s shadow will fall on the surface of the Earth, down to the city block.
Written by Phys.org
An international group of scientists has found that Jupiter is the oldest planet in our solar system.
Written by Mike Wehner
The fictional concept that the government controls the weather has been a staple of tinfoil hat conspiracy theorists for decades, but a NASA experiment taking place tonight will turn that far-flung theory into reality, if only for a moment.
Written by Science Daily
Stars form from gas and dust floating in interstellar space. But, astronomers do not yet fully understand how it is possible to form the massive stars seen in space. One key issue is gas rotation.
Written by Chris White
Nearly 15,000 companies tested in 28 cities across China are failing basic environmental standards, according to the communist country’s state-run media.
Written by Andrew Follett
Most global climate models are underestimating increased rainfall caused by global warming, according to a study released Monday.
Written by Dr. Benny Peiser, GWPF
The electric car has dropped out of favor in the country that pioneered renewable energy. Once considered one of the world-leaders in the take-up of electric vehicles, Denmark’s sales of electric vehicles have slumped dramatically in the first quarter of 2017 as the government scales back EV incentives.
Written by CO2 is Life
Ellen Stofan holds master and doctorate degrees in geological sciences from Brown University in Providence, R.I., and a bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
Written by Tony Heller
I rode my bike almost 100 miles today in the beautiful Maryland weather being described by climate fraudsters as “record heat.”
Written by Phys.org
NASA scientists have found a wide diversity of minerals in the initial samples of rocks collected by the Curiosity rover in the lowermost layers of Mount Sharp on Mars, suggesting that conditions changed in the water environments on the planet over time.
Written by Marisa Kendall
Who they are: Deep Sentinel, a Pleasanton-based home security startup backed by Shasta Ventures.
What they do: Use artificial intelligence to patrol the outside of your home and alert you to potential intruders.
Written by Tim O'Reilly
We hear again and again that AI and robots are going to take away human jobs. My broken kettle says otherwise.
Written by Tristan Greene
Scientists from the University of Liverpool have taught computers to sift through the infinite possibilities of atoms in search of new materials.
Written by Charles Q. Choi
Ancient cosmic impacts on Mars might have created powerful wind vortices similar to sideways tornadoes, and the whirling winds would have rolled across the Red Planet’s surface like barrels, a new study finds.
Written by Matt Reynolds
The world is a confusing place, especially for an AI. But a neural network developed by UK artificial intelligence firm DeepMind that gives computers the ability to understand how different objects are related to each other could help bring it into focus.