SpaceX just took a giant leap forward in its quest to launch astronauts. The private spaceflight company intentionally destroyed one of its rockets on Sunday (Jan. 19) as part of a crucial test of its new Crew Dragon capsule's launch escape system.
The global soybean market had a rough couple of months, but the commodity is expected to stabilize by 2020 as China recovers from the Swine flu epidemic.
The bacteria Yersinia pestis, which causes the plague, is thought to be responsible for up to 200 million deaths across human history — more than twice the casualties of World War II.
Now Boston Dynamics’ nimble four-legged robot, Spot, is available for companies to lease to carry out various real-world jobs, a sign of just how common interactions between humans and machines have become in recent years.
Digitate has won this year’s AI Breakthrough best company award. It’s not surprising given the contributions its ignio software shared to the tech sector.