Amazon rolls out ZenBooth for warehouse employees
The tiny booths, also known as "Mindful Practice Rooms," are part of the e-commerce giant's recently announced WorkingWell program.
Virgin Galactic investors cheer space flight success
Shares of Virgin Galactic lifted off Monday after a successful first spaceflight from New Mexico's Spaceport America.
60th anniversary of first American in space: Bezos, Musk, Branson are new liftoff leaders
Sixty years to the day that NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space aboard the Freedom 7 rocket, U.S. business leaders are continuing to help the country make major strides in space exploration.
NASA invests over $45M in small businesses to combat pandemic woes and advance technologies
NASA has announced that it will invest more than $45 million in 365 proposals from American small businesses as part of the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
SpaceX launch leaves behind colorful cloud effect over Florida skies
According to the National Weather Service's Melbourne divison, the mystic color palette was created by a combination of noctilucent and cirrus clouds and the dawn light.
SpaceX successfully launches Starlink satellites, lands in seventh 2021 mission
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched even more Starlink internet satellites into orbit early Thursday morning.
NASA, USDA partner on soil moisture tool for farmers, scientists
NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have teamed up to produce a new tool that will provide farmers, meteorologists and researchers alike with access to high-resolution data on soil moisture.
Elon Musk pays tribute to fallen Starship SN10
Billionaire Elon Musk acknowledged the fiery death of SpaceX's SN10 Starship prototype on Friday.
Betty Crocker, Barbie launch science-based baking lab to encourage girls
Food experts often say cooking is an art but baking is a science, which might be the reason why Betty Croker has teamed up with Barbie to launch a new online kitchen lab.
Japanese billionaire seeks volunteers for SpaceX flight around the moon
Eccentric Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is looking for eight civilian volunteers to blast off to the Moon with him on the first-ever private commercial space trip.
Elon Musk: SEC probe over Dogecoin tweets would be 'awesome'
Billionaire Elon Musk said Thursday that he would welcome a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) into his tweets about meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin.
Elon Musk congratulates NASA after successful Perseverance landing on Mars
Billionaire Elon Musk tweeted Friday in support of the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover.
Facebook to expand effort to combat climate misinformation, label posts
Facebook announced on Thursday that it would ramp up its efforts to counter misinformation about climate change.
Universal basic income could be coming for kids
Entrepreneurs, intellectuals and presidential candidates have in recent years touted “universal basic income,” a cash stipend to everyone with no strings attached, as the answer to poverty, automation and the drudgery of work. It has never gotten off the ground in the U.S.
Elon Musk says he's off Twitter again
In a tweet on Tuesday, billionaire Elon Musk announced that he would be taking some time off from the social media platform.
Biden environmental challenge: Filling vacant scientist jobs
The ranks of scientists who carry out environmental research, enforcement and other jobs fell in several agencies — sharply in some — under former President Trump, federal data shows.
SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft splashes down off west coast of Florida
SpaceX's cargo Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico off the west coast of Florida around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday with 4,400 pounds of scientific research and other cargo.
First COVID vaccination in US may be given Monday: Alex Azar
The Food and Drug Administration will grant emergency-use authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Friday.
AstraZeneca releases positive Phase 2 COVID-19 vaccine data, says Phase 3 data available by Christmas
AstraZeneca and Oxford University on Thursday released data showing positive results of their Phase II COVID-19 vaccine trial.
Bill Gates, Rashida Jones interview Fauci for new podcast
Bill Gates and actor Rashida Jones kicked off a new limited podcast series on Monday and their guest is National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who will be discussing the coronavirus pandemic.


















