by Siyao Long | Jul 28, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Thrilled by a historical flyby of Pluto, NASA is seeking funding for future missions and to finance continued analysis of data from the fascinating dwarf planet. “People love exploration, that’s the take-away we got from the Pluto flyby,” said Alan Stern,...
by Phoebe Tollefson | Jul 27, 2015 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — As Congress navigates another last-minute scramble to approve funding for the nation’s highways ahead of a July 31 deadline, engineers far-removed from the Capitol Hill gridlock are hard at work improving the stuff that sustains our nation’s roads and...
by Yuan Gu | Jul 27, 2015 | Science + Technology
Drone hobbyists holds a drone marketplace Saturday at Reston, Virginia where you can trade or swap drone parts and also take a close look at the structure of drones.
by Siyao Long | Jul 23, 2015 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Scientists have found the most Earth-like exoplanet yet. On Thursday, NASA confirmed during a teleconference that its Kepler Space Telescope mission has discovered the Earth’s bigger, older cousin — Kepler-452b, a body 1,400 light-years...
by Lucy Ren | Jul 22, 2015 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
As financial technology companies expand their trading services to retail investors, experts are unsettled over what the democratization of these technologies means for the average investor. Financial technology firms, collectively known as “fintech,” are swiftly...
by Jin Wu | Jul 15, 2015 | Environment, Science + Technology
China, the world’s largest carbon emitter, has made big plans to clean up its carbon-heavy energy supply. But when it comes to climate ambition, has the country set its sights too high? WASHINGTON – China has made big steps toward cleaning up its energy supply,...
