Plastic is practical, cheap and incredibly popular. Every year, more than 350 million metric tons are produced worldwide. These plastics contain a huge variety of…
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Digital reconstruction of the new Mesozoic bird fossil skeleton (scale bar: 10 mm). Credit: Min Wang Researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology…
Apple may be considering increasing the size of the iPad Pro’s display, with potential stretches including 14-inch and 16-inch versions, according to reports. The rumblings…
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Young startups need to be great at design, not just for their products, but for their brands. The pandemic made that all harder — but…
After raising tens of millions from investors and executing a pretty substantial pivot earlier this year, augmented reality startup Ubiquity6 and its team have been…
The Defense Department will soon know which bases and branches have the most troops looking for domestic violent extremist content. The next step is figuring…
Shark Bay mouse (Pseudomys fieldi). Credit: Source: Australian Wildlife Conservancy Photographer: Wayne Lawler An Australian mammal thought to have been wiped out over 150 years…
Nigel Morris Contributor Nigel Morris is the co-founder and managing partner of QED Investors. The road to entrepreneurship is never easy. The process is stressful…
When I got the call asking if I would consider leaving my private sector consulting job to help lead the newly created Pandemic Response Accountability…
An advanced, government-run research center devoted to driving and funding breakthroughs in medicine and health care will need the right culture and a galvanizing first…
Last fall, Facebook announced it was opening an office in Lagos, Nigeria, which would provide the company with a hub in the region and the…
Electricity bill payers in nations as diverse as Germany, Greece, India and China should be aware new solar projects can now generate electricity cheaper for…