Techlife News
Health System Offers Free DNA Tests For 10,000 Floridians
An operator of hospitals and clinics began offering free DNA testing this week to 10,000 Floridians in a partnership with a private genomics company.
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Techlife News #404
Techlife News
First Crispr Study Inside The Body To Start In US
Patients are about to be enrolled in the first study to test a gene-editing technique known as CRISPR inside the body to try to cure an inherited form of blindness.
2 min |
Techlife News #404
Bloomberg Businessweek
Management Lessons From The Moon
Five things we can learn from how NASA put astronauts on the moon and brought them safely back 50 years ago.
8 min |
July 22, 2019
AppleMagazine
Before Moon Landing, Astronauts Learned Geology In Arizona
Before Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin knew they would be the first to walk on the moon, they took crash courses in geology at the Grand Canyon and a nearby impact crater that is the most well-preserved on Earth.
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July 12, 2019
Techlife News
NASA Launches Orion Crew Capsule To Test Abort System
NASA conducted a full-stress launch abort test Tuesday for the Orion capsules designed to carry astronauts to the moon.
1 min |
July 6, 2019
PC Magazine
Bowers & Wilkins Formation Wedge: Beautiful And Pricey
Much has changed since Bowers & Wilkins released the iconic Zeppelin Wireless speaker in 2015—most notably, the company has come under new ownership. With its new Formation line of wireless speakers, B&W is still on top of its game. At $899.99, the Formation Wedge is even more expensive than the $700 Zeppelin was at launch. But like the Zeppelin, it pushes boundaries in the style department while putting out powerful, room-filling audio with some serious bass presence and excellent high-frequency clarity. Whether it’s worth the sky-high price, however, depends on how much you’re willing to pay for innovative design.
4 min |
July 2019
PC Magazine
Wacom Intuos Pro Creative Pen Tablet: For Both Pros And Amateurs
The Wacom Intuos Pro Creative Pen Tablet is a graphics tablet with a writing surface but no screen. It’s responsive to an included pen stylus and to gesture-based finger commands.
6 min |
July 2019
AppleMagazine
50 Years Later, The Moon Is Still Great For Business
Fifty years after humans first visited, businesses are still trying to make a buck off the moon.
3 min |
June 28, 2019
AppleMagazine
2 Russians Venture Into Open Space From Space Station
Two Russian crewmembers on the International Space Station ventured into open space Wednesday to conduct scientific research and help maintain the orbiting outpost.
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May 31, 2019
Reader's Digest US
Your Amazing Body!
Your fingerprints can predict some health issues. Looking at the sun can make you sneeze. You grow a new skeleton every ten years. Science hasn’t uncovered every mystery, but what it has discovered will blow your mind.
10+ min |
June 2019
AppleMagazine
NASA: Budget Boost ‘Good Start' To Put Astronauts On Moon
NASA’s chief said that the Trump administration’s proposed $1.6 billion budget boost is a “good start” for getting astronauts back on the moon within five years.
2 min |
May 17, 2019
Popular Science
An Ecologist Maps Trees From 7,000 Feet
On the big island of Hawaii, a fungus called ceratocystis is murdering ‘ohii‘a trees—at least 1 million in the past eight years.
3 min |
Summer 2019
Popular Science
Rise Of The Plastic Eaters
Scientists have new hope that nature might hold a solution for our most problematic polymers
10+ min |
Summer 2019
Popular Science
What You Take With You
Death might be life’s natural and unavoidable conclusion, but humans have ensured that what happens to our bodies afterward is anything but.
2 min |
Summer 2019
Popular Science
Where The Buffalo No Longer
DESPITE WHAT SEEMS LIKE A CONSERVATION SUCCESS STORY, OUR NATIONAL MAMMAL MIGHT STILL BE AT RISK.
10+ min |
Summer 2019
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
Marie Tharp - The Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor
The woman who mapped the ocean floor
5 min |
May - June 2019
Muse Science Magazine for Kids
A Live Map Of Everywhere On Earth: Creepy Or Cool?
Imagine turning on the GPS and seeing an image of your car from above.
2 min |
May - June 2019
AppleMagazine
Mars Lander Picks Up What's Likely 1st Detected Marsquake
NASA’s InSight lander has picked up a gentle rumble at Mars, believed to be the first marsquake ever detected.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #391
Inc.
How Synbio Will Save The World
Reprogramming microbes so they eat toxins and CO2? t’s not science fiction. It’s happening right now.
10+ min |
May 2019
Metropolis Magazine
Science Says Light Brighter!
In Troy, New York, a leading research center studies the connection between light, color, and well-being.
4 min |
April 2019
Metropolis Magazine
Connection Between Light, Color, And Well-being
In Troy, New York, a leading research center studies the connection between light, color, and well-being.
4 min |
April 2019
AppleMagazine
Nasa's Plan To Scoop Up Dirt From Asteroid Hits A Snag
NASA’s plan to scoop up dirt and gravel from an asteroid has hit a snag, but scientists say they can overcome it.
2 min |
March 22, 2019
AppleMagazine
Ocean Mission's Emergency Ascent Caused By Motor Burning Out
A drama in which a submersible made an emergency ascent from 250 meters (820 feet) below the Indian Ocean was caused by condensation burning out a small motor in the cockpit, the director of the British-led Nekton Mission said.
1 min |
March 22, 2019
Techlife News
NASA's New Rocket Won't Be Ready For Moon Shot Next Year
NASA’s top official says the space agency’s new rocket won’t be ready for a moon shot next year.
1 min |
March 16, 2019
Techlife News
Israeli Spacecraft Snaps Ultimate Selfie On Way To Moon
An Israeli spacecraft has taken the ultimate selfie on its roundabout journey to the moon.
1 min |
Techlife News #384
Bloomberg Businessweek
The Race To Put The Internet In Orbit
OneWeb has sent the first of its small signal-beaming satellites into space
7 min |
March 11, 2019
AppleMagazine
China Drafts Rules On Biotech After Gene-Editing Scandal
China has unveiled draft regulations on gene editing and other potentially risky biomedical technologies after a Chinese scientist’s claim of helping to create gene-edited babies roiled the global science community.
2 min |
March 01, 2019
AppleMagazine
UAE Says Its First Astronaut Going Into Space In September
The first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates will blast off into space on Sept. 25 on a trip to the International Space Station, authorities announced this week.
2 min |
March 01, 2019
Techlife News
And Nowfor The Weather On Mars, Courtesy Of New NASA Lander
And now for the weather on Mars: NASA’s newest lander is offering daily reports on the red planet’s frigid winter.
1 min |
Techlife News #382
Popular Science
Snaking Transit Through Ancient History
In Profile / Rossella Rea.
3 min |