UK PM splits govt department in 4, creates dedicated 'Science and Tech' bit
GDPR rejig and Online Safety Bill concerns, semiconductor strategy basically sorted then. Right? Right?
Science08 Feb 2023 | 4
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MIT Press to trial open access journals, so long as someone else pays for it
Great: Fewer paywalls. Not great: Long-term funding is still a question
Science07 Feb 2023 | 12
Could 2023 be the year SpaceX's Starship finally reaches orbit?
Meanwhile, no one is thinking of the horrible emissions coming out of all these rockets, say scientists
Science06 Feb 2023 | 53
Private company set up to oversee UK's prototype fusion reactor
STEP won't be complete until 2040, but here's a 'delivery body' in the meantime
Science06 Feb 2023 | 32
Field trip! European Space Agency sends astronauts abroad to learn about rocks
Astronauts need better autonomy as ground control gets further away
Science06 Feb 2023 | 12
Fossil brain undoes 350 million years of scientific understanding
'Stunning' scans reveal how ray-finned fish diverged from other vertebrates
Science02 Feb 2023 | 23
Wind, solar power outstrip fossil fuel generation for EU
Coal cooked, gas dissipating as renewables power up
Science02 Feb 2023 | 141
DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO
Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price
Science02 Feb 2023 | 6
NASA Geotail spacecraft's 30-year mission ends after last data recorder fails
Also, JunoCam malfunctioned again, time to get new kit up there
Science31 Jan 2023 | 23
Renewables are cheaper than coal in all but one US location
Thanks in large part to the Inflation Reduction Act, the dirty fuel has even fewer things going for it now
Science30 Jan 2023 | 111
AI cannot be credited as authors in papers, top academic journals rule
Work isn't original if it was taken from a plagiarism engine like ChatGPT
Science27 Jan 2023 | 38
Truck-size asteroid makes one of the tightest fly-bys of Earth ever recorded
What a tease
Science27 Jan 2023 | 39
Space mining startup prepping to launch 'demo' refinery... this April
Last (failed) attempts at such an endeavor happened a decade ago, but AstroForge thinks it can do better
Science26 Jan 2023 | 39
Lockheed Martin demos 50kW anti-aircraft frickin' laser beam
Updated Looks like a reboot of SWIV
Science26 Jan 2023 | 108
James Webb Space Telescope suffers another hitch: Instrument down
Second system to be knocked offline
Science26 Jan 2023 | 56
Watch Rocket Lab lift off from US for first time, put radio-sniffing sats into orbit
Video Nice of someone to give SpaceX a little competition
Science26 Jan 2023 | 5
NASA, DARPA to go nuclear in hopes of putting boots on Mars
Fission reactor rocket should get them going quite fast
Science25 Jan 2023 | 44
Space dust reveals Earth-killer asteroids tough to destroy
Good luck blowing up a pile of rubble. Boffins suggest we'll need to create a diversion instead
Science25 Jan 2023 | 50
Uncle Sam greenlights first commercial nuclear small modular reactor design
NuScale plants could begin construction as soon as February 21, when new rule goes into effect
Science24 Jan 2023 | 38
Lucy asteroid probe forced to limp on without full solar array
Attempts to fix glitch ditched – but never give up, never surrender
Science24 Jan 2023 | 2
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Mozilla, like Google, is looking ahead to the end of Apple's WebKit rule
Updated Work on a Gecko-based version of Firefox for iOS is underway, again
Surprise! China's top Android phones collect way more info
Best to revisit that plan to bring home a cheap OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, or Realme handset from your holiday
Take the morning off because Outlook has already
We're down to Microsoft 364 again by first week of February
Warning: Microsoft Teams Free (classic) will be gone in 2 months
You may have already known this... but did you know you'll lose data migration unless you switch to paid?
Here's a list of proxy IPs to help block KillNet's DDoS bots
Put pro-Putin bots on the do not call list
Power grid worries force Amazon to run Oregon datacenters using fuel cells
And not the green hydrogen kind
GitHub claims source code search engine is a game changer
When grep isn't good enough, try Blackbird
Google unleashes fightback against ChatGPT, a Bard by any other name
Competition for AI-powered search between Microsoft and Google heats up
China’s Baidu reveals generative AI chatbot based on language model bigger than GPT-3
Probably bilingual bot will be called ERNIE outside China, Wenxin Yiyan within
Embarrassment as US cyber ambassador's Twitter account is hacked
'Perils of the job' we're told
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It's been 230 years since British pirates robbed the US of the metric system
Feature How did the world's largest economy get stuck with retro measurement?
Science22 Jan 2023 | 695
If we have self-healing bio robots in 2053, it started here with mouse muscle cyborgs
Updated Light-powered droids are coming, one fraction of a millimetre at a time
Science21 Jan 2023 | 3
Three billion objects, 10TB+ of data – yup, it's the largest-yet survey of our galaxy
And not even close to mapping it all
Science20 Jan 2023 | 12
Plugging end-of-life EV batteries into the grid could ease renewables transition
Study says this would give old power units years of useful life once unsuitable for cars
Science18 Jan 2023 | 33
Laser-wielding boffins bend lightning to their will
Video Discovery could provide better protection for power stations, airports and launchpads
Science18 Jan 2023 | 30
Artificial pancreas successful in type 2 diabetes tests
Cambridge researchers say 89 percent of study patients reported spending less time managing their condition
Science18 Jan 2023 | 29
Boffins say their protective satellite paint job could harvest power from the Sun
How does Multifunctional Nanobarrier Structure sound for the bathroom wall?
Science17 Jan 2023 | 8
The years fly by on first exoplanet confirmed by James Webb Space Telescope
LHS 475 b same size as Earth, rocky, but hotter, and so close to its star it orbits in 2 days
Science12 Jan 2023 | 7
Space startup ABL emulates Virgin Orbit failure by crashing
Second time this week a satellite-ferrying vehicle has failed
Science12 Jan 2023 | 22
Stranded ISS astronauts are getting a new Soyuz to ride home
The coolant-deprived vessel that got them there will return to Earth alone
Science11 Jan 2023 | 14
Virgin Orbit doesn't
First sat launch from UK soil experienced 'anomaly' after entering space, did not deploy payloads
Science10 Jan 2023 | 135
Remember the Ozone hole? The satellite that spotted it just caused a space junk scare
South Korean authorities warned locals to avoid falling space junk, which probably splashed down harmlessly
Science09 Jan 2023 | 10
The balmy equator of Mars looks rich in opal-bound water
The poles have ice but it's freezing up there, so why not grind gems for cocktails?
Science09 Jan 2023 | 10
First satellite to be launched from European soil leaves Cornwall tonight
Virgin Orbit set to help UK county put pasty-munching image behind it
Science09 Jan 2023 | 30
China's Mars rover hibernates for a scarily long time
Zhurongs don't make a right and suggest the mission may not have survived winter
Science09 Jan 2023 | 19
Mixing an invisible laser and a fire alarm made for a disastrous demo
Who, Me? Dark deeds are no way to close a deal
Science09 Jan 2023 | 60
Quantum entanglement discovery could enable futuristic comms tech, Nuclear physicists say
So that must be why the Russians might have hacked the DoE, right?
Science07 Jan 2023 | 47
Uncle Sam OKs vaccine that protects honeybees against hive-destroying bacterium
Maybe humans could learn a thing or two about how modern medicine can prevent the spread of disease
Science06 Jan 2023 | 35
Move over, graphene. There's a new super-material in town: Graphullerene
New family of carbon super-structures discovered for futurologists to fizz over
Science06 Jan 2023 | 28
Rate of disruptive tech and science discoveries has slowed over the decades, claims study
Makes the repetitive strain injury you got from hours of pipetting all worth it, hey lab scientists?
Science05 Jan 2023 | 42
Japan lacks the expertise for renewed nuclear power after Fukushima
No staff and no equipment ready after over a decade of nuclear denial
Science04 Jan 2023 | 43
Literally, look who's back: A comet that last swung by Earth 50,000 years ago
All right, C/2022 E3, we know what you're thinking – and we can explain everything, kinda
Science04 Jan 2023 | 13
NASA boss says US may lose latest space race with China
Beijing could dent Yank efforts to colonize Moon if it gets there first
Science04 Jan 2023 | 42
NASA may tap SpaceX to rescue ISS 'nauts in Soyuz leak
And Elon's still distracted by Twitter, yes? OK, that's probably for the best
Science30 Dec 2022 | 49
Perseverance rover drops off first sample tube on surface of Mars
Woohoo! Cameras on robot's belly confirm it isn't going to drive over it
Science22 Dec 2022 | 30
License to launch: UK space regulator gives Virgin Orbit satellites the go-ahead
First satellite to be launched into orbit from western Europe... when it takes off
Science22 Dec 2022 | 61
NASA retires Mars InSight mission after it enters ‘dead bus’ condition
So long and thanks for all the science
Science22 Dec 2022 | 19
India schedules first crewed space mission for Q4, 2024
Two test missions fly first, before Gaganyaan makes India just the fourth nation to put people into orbit
Science22 Dec 2022 | 10
NASA's latest AI will navigate the Moon using landmarks
Compass, protractor and map not required to triangulate lunar coordinates
Science20 Dec 2022 | 13
Brit MPs pour cold water on hydrogen as mass replacement for fossil fuels
But gas likely to find a 'big niche' in rail, aviation, shipping, and industry
Science20 Dec 2022 | 151
NASA's Mars InSight uploads its (probably) final image, shares it in a tweet
All those expensive gadgets the boffins attached to it, they couldn't afford a feather duster?
Science20 Dec 2022 | 28
US Air Force signs $344m deal for hypersonic Mayhem aircraft
Part missile, part spy plane, all Mach 5+ and coming in 2028, maybe
Science19 Dec 2022 | 21
Plaice in spaaace: NASA boosts astronauts' cognition with piscine diet
Study finds fruit and veg also help improve health and performance, even during space hops
Science16 Dec 2022 | 15
Bill Gates' nuclear power plant stalled by Russian fuel holdup
Putin it into operation will take a while at this rate
Science16 Dec 2022 | 94
Microsoft takes a punt on silicon battery startup
If electric car ownership keeps going up, they’ll be coining it
Science15 Dec 2022 | 9
Soyuz leak puts a stop to planned ISS spacewalk and work on Nauka module
Королёв, we have a problem …
Science15 Dec 2022 | 10
NASA starts assessing Orion capsule for refurb
Would you ride to the Moon in a sightly used spaceship? Yeah, it's got some miles on it …
Science15 Dec 2022 | 20
China publishes first images captured by Kuafu-1 solar probe
Initial attempt at longitudinal magnetic map of our local star
Science14 Dec 2022 |
America's nuclear fusion 'breakthrough' is super-hot ... yet far from practical
First ignition is awesome, but economics and engineering to deliver clean energy promise are nowhere
Science14 Dec 2022 | 66
US Air Force tests its first fully functional hypersonic missile
I used to be a missileer like you, then I took an ARRW in the knee
Science14 Dec 2022 | 52
KaRIn to hitch a ride on NASA's water-tracking sat
I demand to speak to the space manager
Science14 Dec 2022 | 1
Boffins hear Martian dust devils' rumbles for first time
Audio recordings of local whirlwinds provide data on Mars weather, wear and tear of space hardware
Science13 Dec 2022 | 3
US Dept of Energy set to reveal fusion breakthrough
Updated If Uncle Sam got more power out of a reaction than it put in, it's a new dawn for clean energy
Science13 Dec 2022 | 100
The cubesats lost in space from Artemis Moon mission
To the four out of ten that didn't make it, we salute 'em
Science12 Dec 2022 | 23
Galactic anti-nuclei travelers could help illuminate dark matter
Earth-based experiment provides model result to help expose mysterious substance making up the majority of the Milky Way
Science12 Dec 2022 | 3
As one mission returns to Earth, three more make for the Moon
Japan and the United Arab Emirates launched landers, while JPL has a boring old satellite
Science12 Dec 2022 | 18
NASA's Orion Moon capsule to splash down this Sunday
We're about to find out if those parachutes and heat shield work
Science10 Dec 2022 | 24
First-ever orbital satellite launch from British soil will be delayed
It's not our fault, says Civil Aviation Authority
Science09 Dec 2022 | 22
Peekaboo: Once-hidden galaxy revealed to be window into cosmic history
For one so young, it's oddly not into heavy metal
Science08 Dec 2022 | 30
Two million year old DNA samples discovered, lodged in ancient sediment
It's the Ice Age/Jurassic Park crossover we've been waiting for
Science08 Dec 2022 | 16
End of an era as the last 747 rolls off the production line
Boeing … Boeing … gone
Science08 Dec 2022 | 73
Scientists shed light on oddball gamma rays from deep space
They thought they'd grokked short and long types.... then an awkward third kind came along
Science07 Dec 2022 | 8
Energy being expensive and trickier to source is good news ... for renewables
Green tech will be largest power source by 2025, says IEA, but even accelerated rollouts might not stave off disaster
Science07 Dec 2022 | 38
Neuralink reportedly under investigation by Uncle Sam for 'animal welfare violations'
Rushed 'hack job' surgeries cause monkeys, pigs to needlessly die, staffers claim
Science07 Dec 2022 | 26
NASA's COLDArm robot limb can handle seriously cool science
Bofffins claim lunar manipulator is tougher than a Terminator
Science06 Dec 2022 | 3
Industrial robots in China push people out of jobs, slash wages
Exposed to 'droids? Symptoms may include indifference, unemployment, lower pay, along with a bit of depopulation
Science06 Dec 2022 | 14
US could save billions in health costs if it changed wind energy strategy
Socio-economic disparities between who benefits from new plants still remain, say MIT researchers
Science05 Dec 2022 | 22
You're getting warmer: NASA's thermal mole reveals active mantle plume on Mars
Discovery shows 'astrobiological potential of subsurface habitable environments'
Science05 Dec 2022 | 9
Square Kilometre Array Observatory construction commences
World's biggest radio telescope to have first parts up and running by 2024
Science05 Dec 2022 | 49
After lunar orbit trip NASA's Orion capsule is on its way back home
Heat shield will be put to the test for the first time, what could go wrong?
Science03 Dec 2022 | 40
Neuralink's AI brain chip could be in humans within six months claims Elon Musk
This is a Musk prediction, so don't get your hopes up
Science02 Dec 2022 | 50
SpaceX grounds Falcon 9 carrying first private lunar lander
Lift-off postponed for 'additional pre-flight checkouts'
Science30 Nov 2022 | 11
Boffins' beam forming kit opens the door to more realistic holograms
MIT's hardware speeds up light manipulation by a factor of 10
Science30 Nov 2022 | 10
NASA scraps budget-busting GeoCarb greenhouse gas observatory project
Being over budget, behind schedule, becoming obsolete, and impeding other projects isn't a way to get a green light
Science30 Nov 2022 | 10
UK cuts China from Sizewell nuclear project, takes joint stake
Move comes as National Grid decides not to fire up blackout prevention scheme
Science30 Nov 2022 | 176
NASA awards $60m to Texas biz for 3D printing future Moon base
Icon will have to figure out how to build a machine that uses lunar regolith and operates in lunar gravity
Science29 Nov 2022 | 28
Rolls-Royce, EasyJet fire up first hydrogen-fueled jet engine
Sustainable aviation will require something lighter than batteries
Science29 Nov 2022 | 105
JAXA: Research simulating life onboard ISS contained fabrications
Space agency releases report alleging falsified data, researchers who weren’t there, and improper data management
Science29 Nov 2022 | 8
China: Face-to-face meetings are best when swapping space station crews
Tiangong's population to double for a week after very, very, long commute, if rare very cold launch succeeds
Science29 Nov 2022 | 9
ISS resupply drops off experiments for life in deep space
If we're going to go beyond the Moon, we'll need food, a way to build stuff, and health diagnostic technology
Science28 Nov 2022 | 17
Japan successfully propels steam-powered spacecraft
Asia In brief PLUS: Criminal probe of Singapore crypto exchange; Bosch invests in China R&D; $2B APAC datacenter fund formed; and more
Science28 Nov 2022 | 23
Orion snaps 'selfie' with the Moon as it prepares for distant retrograde orbit
Insertion burn scheduled to take place today then engineers have six days to see how spacecraft fares in deep space
Science25 Nov 2022 | 76
ESA names first Parastronaut: paralympian and aspiring surgeon John McFall
23,000 applied, just 17 made the list of potential crew
Science25 Nov 2022 | 28
Bright light from black holes found to be caused by particle shock waves
NASA's IXPE space telescope pays off with 'dazzling' observation of intergalactic X-rays
Science24 Nov 2022 | 26
Japanese cubesat sends home pics from the far side of the Moon
JAXA hopes second lost lander can be recovered for radiation experiments
Science24 Nov 2022 | 15
JWST snaps first chemical profile of an exoplanet atmosphere
We knew Wasp 39b was rich in CO2, but now we have the full molecular picture
Science23 Nov 2022 | 43
New SI prefixes clear the way for quettabytes of storage
Why I yotta... be happy there's somewhere to ronto when I need to express 10^−27
Science22 Nov 2022 | 51
Locked out of Horizon Europe, UK commits half a billion to post-Brexit research
EU still fixated with Britain keeping its word on trading arrangement
Science22 Nov 2022 | 184
Orion reaches the Moon, buzzes surface, gets ready to orbit
We're back - for the first of many missions to come
Science21 Nov 2022 | 26
NASA's meteor avoidance plan for James Webb Space Telescope: Turn it around
When a grain of sand moves fast enough to crack a mirror, it's best to put your back to the wind
Science21 Nov 2022 | 16
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