Science – Page 2053

First task for Biden’s CDC director: Fix everything Trump broke

January 20, 2021 wp-bot Ars Technica

Enlarge / Dr. Rochelle Walensky, President-elect Joe Biden’s pick to head the Centers for Disease Control. (credit: Getty | Chip Somodevilla) Midday today, January 20,

SpaceX delivers 60 more Starlink satellites in first launch of 2021, and sets new Falcon 9 rocket reusability record

January 20, 2021 wp-bot TechCrunch

SpaceX has launched its 17th batch of Starlink satellites during its first mission of 2021, using a Falcon 9 rocket that was flying for the

Oxford animal-only antibiotic lab could prop up intensive farming, critics say

January 20, 2021 wp-bot The Guardian - Environment

New research centre to tackle overlap of livestock and human medicines, but campaigners fear “techno-fix” for factory farming An initiative to develop bespoke antibiotics for

Plantwatch: weeds – appreciating the wild things on our streets

January 20, 2021 wp-bot The Guardian - Environment

Lockdown may have given us more respect for the wild plants, and the work they do, in our urban areas Weeds have a public image

Alien Technology May Have Entered Our Solar System, Says Harvard Professor

January 20, 2021 wp-bot Interesting Engineering

Ruling out comets and asteroids, a Harvard Professor says ‘Oumuamua must be alien technology.

Trump’s Clean Power Plan replacement gets thrown out by a court

January 19, 2021 wp-bot Ars Technica

Enlarge / DUNKIRK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – 10/09/2016: A NRG-owned coal-fired energy facility that plans to convert to a natural gas facility. (credit: John