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Andreessen Horowitz is now openly courting capital from Saudi Arabia, despite U.S. strains. According to Bloomberg, Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz appeared on stage with WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann to talk for at least the second time since November about their firm’s $350 million investment in Flow, which is Neumann’s new residential real estate company. …

The menagerie of bacterial and fungal species living among us is ever growing – and this is no exception in low-gravity environments, such as the International Space Station (ISS).   Researchers from the United States and India working with NASA have now discovered four strains of bacteria living in different places in the ISS – …

SEOUL — The shutdown of the border between China and North Korea is testing the limits of Pyongyang’s commitment to “self-reliance” as shortages of food, electricity and vital goods contribute to an increasingly severe economic crisis. North Korea is producing around a million tons less in food grains than the annual demand of 5.5 million …

PHILADELPHIA, July 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Integral Molecular has launched an expanded panel of SARS-CoV-2 Reporter Virus Particles (RVP), which includes spike protein variants such as D614G and spike protein from other related coronaviruses. These variants will test the breadth of protection afforded by COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines against newly emerging or resistant strains of the …

This is an artist’s impression of a massive neutron star’s pulse being delayed by the passage of a white dwarf star between the neutron star and Earth. Astronomers have detected the most massive neutron star to date due to this delay. The European Southern Observatory’s VISTA telescope captured a stunning image of the Large Magellanic …