Vodka From Thin Air: An Unusual Climate Prize Hits a Coronavirus Snag – The New York Times

 

Julius Montgomery, Who Broke a Space-Age Race Barrier, Dies at 90 – The New York Times

 

Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Featured in ‘Hidden Figures,’ Dies at 101 – The New York Times

 

Xenobots: First living robots created from stem cells – CNN

Scientists have created the world’s first living, self-healing robots using stem cells from frogs.

Source: Xenobots: First living robots created from stem cells – CNN

The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We? – The New York Times

Gene drives in DNA force target traits onto offspring and descendants, whether modified, natural, or recessive.

Epilepsy Foundation Was Targeted in Mass Strobe Cyberattack – The New York Times

 

Nuro’s driverless delivery robots will start serving Walmart customers in Houston – The Verge

Nuro, the self-driving startup founded by two ex-Google engineers, is expanding its pilot robot delivery service in Houston, Texas, to include Walmart customers. The company has been making grocery deliveries in Houston with its fleet of autonomous Toyota Prius vehicles since March. Now the company plans to roll out its custom-built R2 prototype vehicle to help supplement its delivery duties.

Source: Nuro’s driverless delivery robots will start serving Walmart customers in Houston – The Verge