Podcast 287: Brad Paterson of Splitit

The Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) space is probably the hottest vertical in all of fintech. Consumers like the flexibility of paying for their purchases over...

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Agents of food-borne zoonoses confirmed to parasitise newly-recorded in Thailand snails

Credit: Apiraksena K, Namchote S, Komsuwan J, and Krailas D. Parasitic flatworms known as agents of food-borne zoonoses were confirmed to use several species of thiarid...

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Explainable AI: A must for nuclear nonproliferation, national security

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Sunrise brief: First Solar signs 2.4 GW deal, reports results from a “challenging” 2020

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Bioengineer21 hours ago

URI researchers: Microbes deep beneath seafloor survive on byproducts of radioactive process

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Landmark study details sequencing of 64 full human genomes to better capture genetic diversity

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New research on hagfish provides insight into evolutionary origin of the eye

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WHOI and NOAA fisheries release new North Atlantic right whale health assessment review

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Book excerpt | Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

A fat, red sun sank into the Texas horizon as Elon Musk bounded toward a silvery spaceship. Reaching its concrete landing pad, Musk marveled up at...

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Book excerpt | Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX

A fat, red sun sank into the Texas horizon as Elon Musk bounded toward a silvery spaceship. Reaching its concrete landing pad, Musk marveled up at...