'Slam the Brakes': Regulator Flags Climate Risk in Markets

Elon Musk’s Pig-Brain Implant Is Still a Long Way from ‘Solving Paralysis’

Share this on WhatsApp Last week Elon Musk’s brain tech start-up Neuralink unveiled the latest version of its neural implant technology. In characteristic Musk style, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla announced the news during a widely hyped livestreamed event in which he showed off the implant’s functionality in several pigs. The device is […]

Dogs Caught Coronavirus From Their Owners, Genetic Analysis Suggests

Share this on WhatsApp The first two dogs reported to have coronavirus probably caught the infection from their owners, say researchers who studied the animals and members of the infected households in Hong Kong. An analysis of viral genetic sequences from the dogs showed them to be identical to those in the infected people. Researchers […]

Why Does the Phrase “Woman Scientist” Even Exist?

Share this on WhatsApp Recently, NASA has been working to erase all hints of gender bias lingering from previous generations. The agency even converted the phrase “manned mission” to “crewed mission,” and stood by the change for the recent SpaceX launch, despite the fact that both members of the crew possessed their very own Y […]