Data Collective and SynBioBeta founder John Cumbers launch a seed stage biotech fund

 Data Collective (DCVC) is bringing Dr. John Cumbers, the founder of synthetic biology platform SynBioBeta and…

Google’s Project Loon head is getting into nuclear power

 GoogleX’s raison d’etre is embracing far out ideas, so it’s no surprise, really that former Director…

Boeing and ULA demo their Emergency Egress System for crewed space launches

 Boeing and the ULA are getting closer to launching their CST-100 Starliner aboard an Atlas V rocket,…

Here are the frontier startups that presented at Singularity University’s third demo day

 The nine startups participating in Singularity University’s accelerator program presented this afternoon at Moffett Federal Airfield just outside…

SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy launch could attempt upper stage recovery

 Elon Musk suggested Friday that when SpaceX does its first demonstration flight of the Falcon Heavy…

NASA tests robotic tools to crack the surface of icy moons

 While the Mars rovers are searching the red planet for water over the next decade, there…

SpaceX’s reused Falcon 9 rocket nails the landing for a second time

 SpaceX has completed the other key ingredient of its historic flight today, recovering its Falcon 9…

Baidu’s AI team taught a virtual agent just like a human would their baby

 Baidu’s artificial intelligence research team has achieved a significant milestone: teaching a virtual agent ‘living’ in…