In states around the country, oil-backed groups are fighting utility electric vehicle plans. Their strategy is reminiscent of the lobbying campaign against California’s auto regulations…
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Does quantum computing really exist? It’s fitting that for decades this field has been haunted by the fundamental uncertainty of whether it would, eventually, prove…
The composition of sclerites of this white and fan-shaped coral is characteristic for this species and differentiates it from others in the same genus. Credit:…
G299 was left over by a particular class of supernovas called Type Ia. Astronomers think that a Type Ia supernova is a thermonuclear explosion –…
Hello and welcome back to Startups Weekly, a weekend newsletter that dives into the week’s startups and venture capital news. Before I jump into today’s…
According to reports in Chinese local media, Chongqing government recently signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with Alibaba Group and Ant Financial Group. With the…
Research by Mark Z. Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. Given this analysis,…
Uber is selling foodie experiences such as cooking classes and multi-course fine dining in its on-demand food delivery app, Uber Eats, under a new Moments…
The Pentagon has awarded a $10bn (£8bn) cloud-computing contract to Microsoft, following a heavily scrutinised bidding process in which Amazon had been seen as the…
From pv magazine, October edition According to the International Lead Association, around 5 million tons of lead ores are mined per year, and the global…
An artist’s concept of the central region of an active galaxy. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Conventional wisdom tells us that large…
Snakehead side. Credit: Photo courtesy of Noah Bressman The largest fish to walk on land, the voracious northern snakehead, will flee water that is too…
Scientists with the Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (Insight-HXMT) team presented their new results on black hole and neutron star X-ray binaries during a press conference…
Sequoia Capital founder Don Valentine passed way at his home in Woodside, Ca., today at age 87 of natural causes. Sequoia posted a tribute to…
Three years in, Tesla is beginning to publicly acknowledge the difficulties involved in creating and scaling a solar roof tile. The electric car company turned…
Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, has a new book coming out this coming Monday titled “What You Do is Who…
After months of speculation, intrigue, lawsuits, and presidential leaning, Microsoft has won the Pentagon’s $10 billion “JEDI” cloud storage contract, upsetting the presumed frontrunner Amazon. …
There is one thing that practically everyone can agree on: politics has become bitterly divided. Whether it is the daily Brexit face-offs, the endless scandals…
The U.S. Department of Defense today announced that Microsoft has won its Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, worth up to $10 billion over…
NASA is looking for liquid gold on the Moon — not oil, but plain old water. If we’re going to have a permanent presence there,…