Dr. Steven May, a paleontology research associate at the University of Texas at Austin, has studied and identified an extensive collection of fossils from dig sites near Beeville, Texas. The results appear in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica. An artist’s interpretation of ancient North American fauna. The new study revealed that …
Read More »Apple may combine ‘Find My iPhone’ & ‘Find My Friends’ apps, launch a Tile-like tracking device
Apple is working to combine its tracking apps “Find My iPhone” and “Find My Friends” into one unified app available on both iOS and Mac, according to a new report from the Apple news site 9to5Mac. In addition, the report says, Apple is developing a hardware product that can …
Read More »When Meteorites Strike the Moon, They Launch Water Vapor Into Space
We tend to think of the moon as an airless wasteland, and that’s mostly true. The moon actually has a tenuous envelope of water and hydroxyl (OH) molecules. NASA launched the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission in 2013 to study the wispy gas around the moon. …
Read More »NASA’s TESS Satellite Detects Its First Earth-Like Exoplanet
NASA’s Kepler space telescope has ended its planet spotting mission, but the agency’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has already picked up the torch. TESS has detected a new exoplanet called HD 21749c. This is not the first planet to show up in TESS data, but it is the …
Read More »Intel Cancels Its 5G Modem Plans Following Apple-Qualcomm Deal
Intel has announced that it will no longer bring a 5G modem to market following the cessation of hostilities between Apple and Qualcomm. The move confirms rumors we heard last week that Intel’s modem business might be in trouble. Intel’s press release states: Intel Corporation today announced its intention …
Read More »Cleveland Browns Have Gotten The opportunity To Be Featured In Four Prime Time Games.
The league granted the Browns four prime-time games in 2019, including three in the first five weeks of the season, perhaps the most notable takeaway from Wednesday nights schedule release. No team has appeared in fewer prime-time games during the past 10 seasons than the Browns . The Browns will …
Read More »AMP WordPress plugin now supports Stories
Google has just brought AMP Stories support to WordPress publishers via its latest AMP plugin update. Publishers looking to create AMP Stories will need to have the latest version of the Gutenberg plugin installed since the Stories editor relies on features not included in core versions of WordPress. Why we …
Read More »VCs bet on cannabis vaping, ED meds and mobile fertility clinics
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was a bit of a reunion with Kate and Alex on as usual, with the addition of Extra Crunch denizen extraordinaire Danny Crichton. Danny, you may recall, has been a …
Read More »Mercury Has Solid Inner Core, Planetary Scientists Say
Planetary researchers have long known that Earth and Mercury have metallic cores. Mercury’s core fills nearly 85% of the volume of the planet — huge compared to the other rocky planets in the Solar System. Like Earth, Mercury’s outer core is composed of liquid metal, but there have only been …
Read More »OSIRIS Team Releases Nearly 70,000 Images of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Between 2014 and 2016, the OSIRIS (Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System) camera onboard ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft captured almost 70,000 images of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Now the OSIRIS team has put all of these images online on a dedicated website — the OSIRIS Image Viewer. These 210 images reflect Rosetta’s …
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