Contrast is a sensory property that makes stimuli stand out. Writers, designers, and musicians all use contrast to emphasize striking differences in text, visual displays…
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Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota. Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute have found important structural similarities between SARS-CoV-2…
Late Friday, Oscar Health filed to go public, adding another company to today’s burgeoning IPO market. The New York-based health insurance unicorn has raised well…
Visualization of the Last Journey simulation. Shown is the large-scale structure of the universe as a thin slice through the full simulation (lower left) and…
Ifeoma Ozoma, a former Pinterest employee who alleged racial and gender discrimination at the company, is co-leading new legislation with California State Senator Connie Levya…
Only about one-quarter of Americans are now satisfied with the nation’s system of government and how well it works, according to a recent Gallup poll.…
The Biden administration announced on Friday it will soon begin deploying government personnel to federally-run COVID-19 vaccine sites across the country. While President Biden previously…
Lost amongst all the IPO chatter of the mega-unicorns are a crop of companies reaching their stride, often flush with capital, ready with big plans,…
DoorDash is expanding its robotic footprint into the kitchen. The delivery service is set to acquire Chowbotics, a Bay Area-based robotics best known for its…
Last week, another container security startup came off the board when Rapid7 bought Alcide for $50 million. The purchase is part of a broader trend…
A spate of bills making their way through the Republican-controlled Arizona legislature — some on a fast track — could undercut the 100 percent clean energy targets…
RWE and a BP/EnBW consortium were the two biggest winners in the latest round of auctions to lease the rights to develop offshore wind farms…
Schematic showing aerosol processes of climate relevance in the Arctic for polar night. Abbreviations stand for: INP — ice nucleating particles, IR — infrared. Red…
But that exclusivity was also part of its appeal, quickly attracting technology employees, investors, and journalists in Silicon Valley. Later, some major US celebrities joined,…
The French government and the government-backed initiative La French Tech unveiled the new indexes that identify the most promising French startups. The 40 top-performing startups…
InEvent, a Brazilian startup powering virtual and hybrid events, is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed funding from Storm Ventures. That’s just…
Sagittarius A East. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Nanjing Univ./P. Zhou et al. Radio: NSF/NRAO/VLA Scientists have discovered the first evidence for a rare type of stellar explosion,…
Twitter is continuing to explore the addition of subscription services and other paid features to supplement its advertising revenues, according to a report from Bloomberg…
Ethena co-founders Roxanne Petraeus and Anne Solmssen began their company with a clear goal: There needs to be a more modern, and effective, way to…
Why businesses need the climate-equivalent of a ‘weather service.’ The findings are published in the prestigious journal, Nature Climate Change, and calls on businesses, the financial…