Autonomous drones learn to find ‘hidden’ meteorite impact sites

Jon Fingas

It is easy to find large meteorites (or their craters) once they hit Earth, but the smaller ones are often neglected – scientists recover less than 2 percent of them. Soon, however, it might just be a matter of sending a robot to do the job. Universe Today reports that researchers have developed a system … Read more

Vaccine expert on U.S. missteps and what we can learn from successful inoculations in Africa

Vaccine expert on U.S. missteps and what we can learn from successful inoculations in Africa

A vaccination campaign in Mozambique. (Denis Onyodi / VillageReach Photo) While scientists have been able to manufacture and test COVID-19 vaccines in a near-unimaginable record breaking time, vaccine delivery in the US has been bumpy, slow, and unfair. What is to blame for the chaotic rollout? “The classic trap the US fell into … is … Read more