[ad_1] Ahead of the New York Internal Auto Show Genesis unveiled its Mint concent car. The small two-door EV was of course green. But it’s styling and short wheelbase make it perfect for urban environments where you’re going to be judged for your fashion and style choices. I guess. Genesis says the tiny car will […]
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CRISPR gene editing has been used on humans in the US
[ad_1] It’s not certain how effective the treatment has been, and you won’t find out for a while when the trial has been cleared to treat a total of 18 patients. You won’t hear more about it until there’s been a presentation or a peer-reviewed paper, the university said. Other trials, such as ones for […]
NASA’s TESS spacecraft finds its first Earth-sized exoplanet
[ad_1] This newly identified planet is the smallest world outside our solar system that TESS has spotted. And the spacecraft’s data shows HD21749c circles its star every 7.8 days, meaning it has a tight orbit that would lead to surface temperatures of up to 800 degrees Fahrenheit. TESS has now found 10 planets smaller than […]
Tiny light-up barcodes help researchers identify DNA molecules
[ad_1] “The idea is everything has its own heartbeat,” said Shalin Shah, the lead author of the paper who is a Ph.D. student in electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. The technique invented by Shah, along with Duke computer science professor John Reif and postdoctoral researcher Abhishek Dubey of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, would […]
Eat your heart out, Soundgarden
[ad_1] Self-healing space suits among 18 ideas to receive NASA funding If the recent cancellation of what would have been the first all-women space walk showed us anything, it’s that we desperately need spacesuits designed for (and in) the 21st century. NASA agrees and announced this week that it is awarding funding to universities to […]
The Morning After: ‘Star Wars’ and Coachella
[ad_1] Who will have the last laugh?The first ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ trailer is here A teaser trailer for Star Wars: Episode 9 has arrived, along with a few more details about the final installment of the Skywalker saga from a panel at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago. Director JJ Abrams said The Rise of […]
SpaceX will assist NASA’s first-ever mission to redirect an asteroid
[ad_1] This is batting practice. But the stakes are still high: Failure could derail NASA’s so-called “kinectic impactor technique,” success will provide the crucial data that will inform its deployment against an actual asteroid on a collision course with Earth. NASA plans to intercept Didymos when it’s within 11 million kilometres (7 million miles) of […]
NASA compared twin astronauts to see if space ages the human body
[ad_1] “If you look at the changes we’re seeing in Scott, the vast majority of them came back to baseline in a relatively short period of time when he came back to Earth,” said Steven Platts, deputy chief scientists at NASA’s Human Research Program, at a press conference held by NASA on Thursday to discuss […]
Falcon Heavy successfully lifts off for the second time
[ad_1] SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket on Thursday evening, following a one-day delay due to inclement weather. The plan is for the rocket’s side boosters and central core stage to return to Earth, which will be particularly challenging. Space X failed on the center core part during last year’s launch. If they are successful […]
Three teams will compete for millions in DARPA’s rocket launch challenge
[ad_1] Sometime in early 2020, Vector Launch, VOX Space and a third, anonymous competitor will attempt to blast their rockets into low-Earth orbit, twice in a matter of weeks. They won’t know where they’re going to launch from, the orbit they’ll travel or the payload they’re expected to carry until shortly before the mission. And […]