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Sierra Space CEO leaves, as $5 billion company pushes to launch space plane
Tom Vice, CEO of Sierra Space, talks to employees in front of the company’s Dream Chaser space plane on Oct. 30, 2023 in Louisville, Colorado. Helen H. Richardson | Denver Post | Getty Images Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice has left the company, CNBC confirmed Monday. In a statement, Sierra Space said Vice retired Dec. 31. Chairman […]
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The fishing industry is in crisis — could lab-grown seafood be the answer?
A Singapore-based company is taking cells from endangered, threatened and protected seafood species and growing them in a lab. As overfishing, ocean pollution and climate change threaten marine ecosystems, lab-grown fish and seafood have been touted by some as a potential solution to the fishing industry’s challenges. Singapore-based company Umami Bioworks is developing a platform […]
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The price of cocoa is soaring — could lab-grown chocolate be the answer?
The price of cocoa has soared, as deforestation and climate change make it more difficult for chocolate producers to get their hands on the precious beans. Sacramento-based startup California Cultured is hoping it has found a solution to the industry’s supply issue. “We are still starting with basically a little living bean. So, instead of […]
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The future of meat? Inside the Oxford-based startup turning cells into ‘steaks’
On the outskirts of Oxford, U.K. sits Ivy Farm Technologies. Only, it’s not a farm quite like we know it. Founded in 2019 as a spin out from the University of Oxford, the company produces lab-grown meat. Its headquarters house its laboratory and production facility. Cultivated meat is made by a process of extracting cells […]
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SpaceX valuation surges to $350 billion as company buys back stock
SpaceX’s next-generation Starship spacecraft atop its powerful Super Heavy rocket is launched on its sixth test at the company’s Boca Chica launch pad in Brownsville, Texas, on Nov. 19, 2024. Joe Skipper | Reuters The valuation of Elon Musk’s SpaceX hit $350 billion based on a secondary share sale, CNBC confirmed Wednesday. SpaceX, as well as investors, […]
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Trump nominates Jared Isaacman, private astronaut and Shift4 CEO, for NASA chief
Inspiration4 mission commander Jared Isaacman, founder and chief executive officer of Shift4 Payments, stands for a portrait in front of the recovered first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket at Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) on February 2, 2021 in Hawthorne, California. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday […]
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Meet the start-up working to save newborn babies and democratize pregnancy care
More than 2 million babies died in the first 20 days of their lives in 2022, equating to around 6,500 deaths a day, according to the World Health Organization. On top of that, almost 800 women a day died from “preventable causes” in pregnancy or childbirth in 2020, an “unacceptably high” figure, the WHO says. […]
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Meet the Singapore-based tech startup aiming to democratize pregnancy care
Women’s health start-up, Biorithm, is attempting to revolutionize maternity care. Through mobile technology and data science, the company aims to provide expectant women, wherever they are, more convenience and better information about their pregnancy. With the women’s health sector estimated to be worth $1 trillion by 2027, the Singapore-based company is part of a growing […]
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SpaceX launches Starship’s fourth flight of the year, splashes down booster instead of catching it
SpaceX launched the sixth test flight of its Starship rocket on Tuesday, as the company looks to keep up momentum of the mammoth vehicle’s development. The rocket took off from SpaceX’s private “Starbase” facility near Brownsville, Texas. There are not any people on board the Starship flight. Starship reached space and will travel halfway around […]
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Space stocks saw big gains this week in part due to ‘Trump-Elon trade’ rally, analysts say
A hot fire test of an Archimedes engine, which powers the company’s Neutron rocket. Rocket Lab This past week saw several pure-play space stocks rally, with leaders up as much as 20% or more, in part driven by what sector analysts said is a “Trump-Elon trade,” a nod to the relationship between President-elect Donald Trump […]
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