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MIT AI tool can predict breast cancer up to 5 years early, works equally well for white and black patients
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab has developed a new deep learning-based AI prediction model that can anticipate the development of breast cancer up to five years in advanc
Lifestyle goods resale marketplace StockX raises $110M, pushing valuation past $1B
Detroit-based StockX, which provides a way for people to resell luxury and lifestyle goods including streetwear, bags, watches and shoes, is now valued at over $1 billion based on its most recent rais
AI services startup Hypergiant brings on Bill Nye as an advisor
Hypergiant, a startup launched last year to address the execution gap in bringing applied AI and machine learning technologies to bear for large companies, has signed on a high-profile new advisor to
Join raises $4M seed round to build a better construction planning platform
Startup Join wants to modernize the back office for an industry that’s everywhere, but maybe not top of mind, especially when it comes to project management software: Commercial construction. Th
Why eVTOLs could be providing regional air service sooner than you think
At Uber’s Elevate summit in Washington, DC earlier this month, researchers, industry leaders and engineers gathered to celebrate the approaching advent of on-demand air service. For Dr. Anita Se
Lightyear One debuts as the first long-range solar-powered electric car
Electric cars are better for the environment than fossil fuel-burning vehicles, but they still rely on the grid, which can be variously dirty or clean depending on what sources it uses for its energy.
SpaceX records another first for reusable rocketry by catching Falcon Heavy fairing with a boat
SpaceX has managed to do another thing that seemed audacious and highly unlikely after a few early botched attempts. It used a ship at sea to catch the falling nosecone that shielded the cargo aboard
SpaceX successfully launches Falcon Heavy rocket with two flight-proven booster cores
SpaceX has succeeded in launching its third mission with the Falcon Heavy high-capacity rocket it first launched successfully last year. The rocket’s STP-2 mission took off from Kennedy Space Ce
Watch SpaceX’s spectacular first Falcon Heavy night launch live
SpaceX is going to launch a Falcon Heavy rocket for only the third time ever tonight, should all go according to the current mission plan. The launch, set to take place during a four-hour launch windo
Scientists discover a new way to provide plants the nutrients they need to thrive
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have discovered a new method for delivering key nutrients to plant roots – without having to ensure they’re present in the soil where the plants are g
SpaceRyde wants to make access to space more available and more affordable
Life can be tough for a small satellite operator – it may be relatively cheap and easy to build small sats (or CubeSats, as they’re sometimes called), but arranging transportation for those sa
FedEx lures online sellers with two-day air shipping at ground rates after Amazon contract ends
International shipping giant FedEx is showing it’s serious about attracting the ecommerce crowd after a high-profile termination of one of its contracts with Amazon to provide delivery using its
Original Content podcast: Netflix’s ‘When They See Us’ is difficult-but-essential viewing
“When They See Us,” a new miniseries on Netflix, can be so infuriating that it’s hard to watch — especially its first hour, which depicts the arrest of the teenaged boys who became
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds levels of gas on Mars that could suggest possibility of life
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has detected high levels of methane output during its mission on the Martian surface, the New York Times reports. The discovery, found during a measurement taking on Wedne
Netflix is testing a pop-out floating video player on desktop
Netflix is testing out a new feature that could mean you never have to stop watching, not even while you work – it’s a pop-out video player, similar to the one you may be used to from iOS and
Airbus-owned Voom will compete with Uber Copter in the US in 2019
The U.S. air taxi market is heating up: Aeronautics industry giant Airbus will be among the companies operating on-demand air travel service in 2019 in American skies, FastCompany reports. Airbus̵
Space startup Wyvern wants to make data about Earth’s health much more accessible
The private space industry is seeing a revolution driven by cube satellites, which are affordable, lightweight satellites that are much easier than traditional satellites to design, build and launch.
One of NASA’s robotic astronaut helpers just flew on its own in space for the first time
NASA’s very own free-floating Companion Cube equivalent took its own first tentative “steps” in space today, demonstrating its ability to rotate on its own in zero gravity inside the
Researchers create first mind-controlled robot arm that works well without surgery
Carnegie Mellon researchers working with peers from the University of Minnesota have made a big breakthrough in brain-computer interface (BCI) and robotic technology: They’ve developed a way for
NASA’s historic Apollo 11 launch comes to your phone in AR
We’re nearing the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing (on July 20) and, to celebrate, there’s an interactive augmented reality app called 321 LAUNCH that will bring a faithful r