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Feb 23, 2018
For The First Time Ever, Astronomers Have Observed a Black Hole Ejecting Matter Twice
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: cosmology, particle physics
Black holes don’t just sit there munching away constantly on the space around them. Eventually they run out of nearby matter and go quiet, lying in wait until a stray bit of gas passes by.
Then a black hole devours again, belching out a giant jet of particles. And now scientists have captured one doing so not once, but twice — the first time this has been observed.
Feb 23, 2018
Dyson bets on electric cars to shake up industry
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: engineering, sustainability, transportation
Feb 23, 2018
Quantum computers offer next level processing
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: computing, quantum physics
Feb 23, 2018
New drug could help you burn fat without exercise or suppressing your appetite
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: biotech/medical, health
Feb 23, 2018
New Challenges May Lie Ahead for Use of CRISPR in Humans
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: biotech/medical, law
Feb 23, 2018
Aerospace Company to Launch Private, Inflatable Space Stations
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: space
Feb 23, 2018
Unexpected Ways That Artificial Intelligence Will Change Your Life In The Next 10 Years
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: futurism, robotics/AI
Feb 23, 2018
Andreessen Horowitz invests in in digital custody startup Anchor Labs
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Andreessen Horowitz has invested in Anchor Labs, a stealthy startup planning to provide digital asset custody, according to multiple sources. The startup is raising up to $17 million in Series A funding, according to a Delaware filing from December that Axios obtained from Lagniappe Labs, though it’s not clear whether the round has closed yet and who else participated.
Hot commodity: Anchor Labs opted to raise funds after acquisition talks with Coinbase didn’t end in a deal. In November, Coinbase unveiled its own plans to provide custody services to institutional investors.
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Feb 23, 2018
MIT predicts 10 breakthrough technologies of 2018
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: genetics, innovation
The MIT Technology Review has released a list of technologies it believes will make the most impact over the next 12 months, including smarter cities, genetic fortune telling and “babel fish” earphones.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s magazine has published the annual list online in its March/April 2018 issue, and based its contents on the innovations that will shape the coming year.
“What Tech Review looks for when selecting the list is to identify what will have a profound effect on our lives,” said a statement from the institution, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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