NASA investigated what would happen if a volcano had a super-eruption. They concluded Earth would experience limited cooling, but not be plunged into a cataclysmic volcanic winter.
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This startup is using AI to discover new materials
While the world fixates on text-, image- and movie-generating AI, a startup headed by a former DeepMind senior researcher is developing GenAI tech to support the manufacturing of […]
Will 2024 (finally) be the year of the autonomous vehicle?
Anthony Levandowski Contributor Anthony Levandowski is a founding father of AI-powered autonomy. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Pronto, an autonomous-driving and safety technology company that is helping […]
Astronomers discover cyclones ravage this exoplanet
Hubble Space Telescope observations and simulations show cyclones rage in the vast temperature swings of exoplanet WASP-121b.
NASA’s Mars isolation experiment hits half-year mark
On Dec. 31, four people living in a NASA-run Mars simulation will have reached the halfway point in their 378-day isolation study.
National Lab simulates Armageddon-style nuclear asteroid deflection
As if last year’s fabulous Dual Asteroid Redirection Test firing a satellite bullet into an asteroid wasn’t enough, now researchers are doing detailed simulation of the nuclear deflection […]
Propelled by ‘science for humanity,’ this Chinese AI startup sets sight on US
Amid rising geopolitical tensions, many Chinese tech companies find themselves recalibrating their overseas pursuits, often sidestepping any reference to their origin. One bold startup called DP Technology stands […]
May Mobility’s driverless microtransit might beat robotaxis to profitability
Autonomous vehicle company May Mobility has launched its first driverless on-demand microtransit service on public roads in Sun City, Arizona in partnership with transit tech company Via. The […]
Robotics Q&A with Nvidia’s Deepu Talla
A version of this q&a first appeared in TechCrunch’s free robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here. We’re wrapping up our end-of-year robotics Q&A series with this entry from Deepu […]