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AI And Machine Learning Dominate World Economic Forum’s List Of 2019 Technology Pioneers

The World Economic Forum today announced its list of 56 companies selected as Technology Pioneers, and this year’s class demonstrates the growing embrace of artificial intelligence and machine learning across a broad range of sectors.

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Gets Robotic Arm To Search For Life On The Red Planet

The Mars 2020 mission is slated to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida in July 2020 and land on Mars on February 18, 2021.

Which Will Be First To Space – The SpaceX Starship Or The SLS?

SpaceX is talking with three companies about the first commercial launch of the fully reusable Super Heavy Starship with a 2021 target date.

SpaceX Aims To Provide Commercial Starship Launches By 2021

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk also previously said that the company is looking at 2023 as the earliest target date for providing a Moon circuit space trip to his first paying tourist customer, Japanese entrepreneur Yusaku Maezawa.

Apple Design Chief Jony Ive Is Leaving To Form His Own Company

Ive joined Apple in 1992 and led Apple’s design teams since 1996. He became chief design officer in 2015.

Bacteria In The Ocean Can Significantly Alter Your Skin Microbiome After A Short Swim

This is a solid reminder that the ocean is not akin to a sterile salt water bath.

SpaceX Just Aced A Critical Air Force Test Of Its Falcon Heavy Rocket

SpaceX had a lot on its plate with Tuesday morning's Falcon Heavy launch. Once again, the company recovered the two side-mounted Falcon 9 first stage boosters at a landing site along the Florida coast.

Mars Curiosity Detects High Methane Levels Which Could Be Life

Microbial life is an important source of methane on Earth, but methane can also be created through interactions between rocks and water.

Two Quintillion Tons Of Metal Or Dense Oxides Found On The Moon

Computer simulations of large asteroid impacts suggest that, under the right conditions, an iron-nickel core of an asteroid may be dispersed into the upper mantle (the layer between the Moon’s crust and core) during an impact.

Cryptocurrencies Are Back

Bitcoin is trading around $11,000 and other major cryptocurrencies like ethereum are also up.

More Cost Overruns Realistically Means Space Launch System Requires Congress To Reauthorize

SLS will cost over a billion per launch and is using side booster and some other technology from the 1980s space shuttle system.

Atomic Clock Will Help Navigation For Mars Missions

An atomic clock small enough to fly on a space mission but precise enough to give accurate directions could eliminate the need for 4-20 minute two-way communication delays for Mars missions.