Founded in 2016, Menlo Park, California-based LeoLabs, is a mind-blowing company. They have built, and continue to expand, a network of ground-based, phased array radars worldwide to keep track of the thousands of operational satellites, defunct satellites, spent rocket bodies, and pieces of debris in orbit around the Earth. Not […]
Microbes’ mystery DNA helps defeat viruses—and has genome-editing potential
Seven years ago, an understanding of nature inspired a revolutionary new technology, when researchers turned a defense system used by bacteria to thwart viruses into the gene-editing tool now known as CRISPR. But for another emerging gene editor the understanding has lagged the applications. For several years, researchers have been […]
Russia’s claim of a successful COVID-19 vaccine doesn’t pass the ‘smell test’, critics say
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Best off-roading tools and recovery gear in 2020
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Electric next-gen Porsche Macan sneakily revealed in clay model form
Porsche released photos of a bunch of never-before-seen concept cars, and the new Macan EV is in the background of one of them.
Wearing a cloth face mask protects you and others from getting COVID-19, CDC says
The agency updated its guidelines to say that cloth masks provide “filtration for personal protection.”
SEMA360: Chevy station wagon takes ‘builders’ crown
More than 330 vehicles were submitted for the 2020 SEMA Battle of the Builders competition, including those in the Young Guns event for builders 27 years of age or younger.
Water may be naturally occurring on all rocky planets
The emergence of life is a mystery. Nevertheless, researchers agree that water is a precondition for life. The first cell emerged in water and then evolved to form multicellular organism. The oldest known single-cell organism on Earth is about 3.5 billion years old.