Nov 18, 2021 | Aeronautics, Featured, Space
Our planet is vulnerable to thousands of “city-killer” space rocks. If—when—one is found on a collision course with Earth, will we be ready to deflect it? Back when Andy Rivkin was in college, he had a few friends in medical school. “I was like, oh man, I don’t want...
Nov 18, 2021 | Featured, Jobs, Robots
The U.S. is struggling with a labor shortage that is hobbling its economic recovery, but companies are not sitting still as they work to keep production up and running. As these job vacancies increase, they are turning to automation to pick up any...
Nov 18, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Oceanography, Space
An international team of scientists led by British Antarctic Survey have published research today on using new technology to study mass stranding of whales from space and how the technology could be used to help protect populations. The study, published...
Nov 11, 2021 | Drones, Environment, Featured
When an endangered plant’s favorite place to live is the side of a mountain, keeping track of its numbers typically requires rappelling down cliff faces with specialized gear––no mean feat. Now, a drone-based approach developed by researchers from North Carolina...
Nov 11, 2021 | Australia, Electric Vehicles, Featured
Australia’s prime minister on Tuesday announced plans to encourage people to buy electric vehicles weeks after his government was accused at a U.N. conference in Scotland of being a laggard in fighting climate change. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the price of...
Nov 11, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Machine Learning
A long-term fallout of the Covid crisis has been the rise of the contactless enterprise, in which customers, and likely employees, interact with systems to get what they need or request. This means a pronounced role for artificial intelligence and machine...
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