Nov 18, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Climate, Featured
The recent 2021 IPCC report declared a code red for humanity, with 2019’s atmospheric CO2 concentrations higher than at any time in at least two million years. Our only chance of averting irreversible climate change is to reduce our...
Nov 18, 2021 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
“Anyone want to jump in the back, or on the roof?” Biden asked reporters after taking a few laps at a General Motors plant. “These suckers are something else!” Biden, a Democrat, signed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill into law on Monday and,...
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...
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