Blood boffins build billions of nanobots to battle brain aneurysms without surgery Good news for rabbits, maybe great news soon for humans? Science07 Sep 2024 | 6
ESA prints 3D metal shape in space for first time Tech demo paves way to producing spare parts and tools during missions Science06 Sep 2024 | 3
NASA's solar sailing spacecraft is tumbling – but that's part of the plan Who needs fuel – or even engines – when you could use the sun to push a spacecraft along? Science06 Sep 2024 | 15
US tightens export controls on quantum kit and chips for China, Iran, Russia Alloys make the list too, as allies try to ensure foes can't weaponise tech Public Sector06 Sep 2024 | 3
Vega rocket's last blast hurls Sentinel-2C satellite into orbit ESA and Arianespace now twiddling thumbs until Vega-C returns to flight Science05 Sep 2024 | 1
Atomic clocks are so last epoch, it's time someone nailed down the nuclear clock 'Giant step' in research could unlock a bunch of crazy science stuff Science04 Sep 2024 | 27
Do look up! NASA unfurls massive shiny solar sail in orbit 60 years after Arthur C Clarke wrote Sunjammer, space agency catches up Science04 Sep 2024 | 54
WHO-backed meta-study finds no evidence that cellphone radiation causes brain cancer The signal may not rot your mind, we can't say the same for the content Science04 Sep 2024 | 104
US govt halts medical study into Havana Syndrome, cites 'coercion' of participants What was screwing with minds of US diplomats – wait, is that a black helicopt... Science04 Sep 2024 | 49
Mercury probe BepiColombo thrusters are acting up, but science marches on Trajectory tweak means a delay of almost a year, though 165 km flyby should produce eye candy Science03 Sep 2024 | 6
Magnetic personalities at Tokamak Energy form separate division Fusion biz wants to break superconducting tech into other sectors Science03 Sep 2024 | 16
NASA confirms who is flying and who is not on SpaceX Crew Dragon Meanwhile, strange noises emanate from Starliner Science02 Sep 2024 | 21
Chinese boffins advocate nuking nearby asteroids – it’s the only way to be sure ASIA IN BRIEF Plus: Alibaba exits regulatory purgatory; India slows CBDC rollout; China creates eight new datacenter hubs Science02 Sep 2024 | 19
Starliner's not-so-grand finale is a thump in the desert next week An ignominious, uncrewed end to Boeing's misfire Science30 Aug 2024 | 104
SpaceX grounded after fumbling Falcon 9 landing for first time in years Updated Failure has become rare, but the FAA needs to look into it regardless Science30 Aug 2024 | 48
Faulty valve sent Astrobotic's Peregrine lander straight back to Earth's atmosphere What goes up must come down – just not always on the Moon Science30 Aug 2024 | 24
Have we stopped to think about what LLMs actually model? Claims about much-hyped tech show flawed understanding of language and cognition, research argues AI + ML30 Aug 2024 | 151
China is beating the world at scientific research, think tank finds Could monopolise 24 key techs if current trends continue Science30 Aug 2024 | 25
SETI boldly looks beyond the Milky Way in latest alien hunt Civilizations detectable at galactic distances could harness all of a star's energy output, boffins reckon Science29 Aug 2024 | 47
Astronomers back call for review of bonkers rule that means satellite swarms fly without environment checks Space boffins want pollution from the likes of Starlink regulated Science29 Aug 2024 | 46
To patch this server, we need to get someone drunk On Call When maintenance windows are hard to open, a little lubrication helps
Security boom is over, with over a third of CISOs reporting flat or falling budgets Good news? Security is still getting a growing part of IT budget
Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy Not so much when trying to convert coding veterans
White House’s new fix for cyber job gaps: Serve the nation in infosec Now do your patriotic duty and fill one of those 500k open roles, please?
Raspberry Pi 4 bugs throw wrench in the works for Fedora 41 Problems also afflict the Pi Pico 2's chip
Uncle Sam charges Russian GRU cyber-spies behind 'WhisperGate intrusions' Feds post $10M bounty for each of the six's whereabouts
Datacenters to emit 3x more carbon dioxide because of generative AI Carbon capture outfits could be making up to $45B, say analysts
Of course the Internet Archive’s digital lending broke the law, appeals court says Sorry, no, you can’t just digitize, share copyrighted books without permission
Foot-thick wall workaround: Gigabit network links beamed through solid concrete Makes cabling a bit less onerous, says WaveCore maker
HP secures $50M CHIPS Act boost to adapt inkjet tech for life sciences Major funding backs printer giant's microfluidics work as market waits to see if regular printing revs recover Personal Tech28 Aug 2024 | 9
NASA's billion-dollar launcher is behind schedule and burning cash Stop us if you've heard this one before Science28 Aug 2024 | 15
Rocket Factory Augsburg breaks down the SaxaVord blowout 'Enjoy the footage. It has cost us quite some money to generate' Science28 Aug 2024 | 19
Blue Origin sets October 13 for first New Glenn EscaPADE to Mars Must launch to catch the red planet alignment window despite occasional testing 'anomalies' Science27 Aug 2024 | 12
Dr Helen Fisher, MRI maven who showed just how love works, dies at 79 It's all about your chemistry Science27 Aug 2024 | 11
Japan abandons SLIM hopes its lunar lander will revive, ends Moon mission Lasted longer than expected, but hasn't been heard from since late April Science26 Aug 2024 | 2
NASA will fly Boeing Starliner crew home with SpaceX, Calamity Capsule deemed too risky +Comment Eight days going on eight months for pilots stuck on orbiting space station Science25 Aug 2024 | 102
To crew, or not to crew – that is the question facing Boeing's stricken Starliner Decision time arrives for NASA bigwigs Science23 Aug 2024 | 57
First of ESA's Cluster satellites prepares for fiery finale over South Pacific Over 20 years into a 2-year mission, but all good things come to an end Science23 Aug 2024 | 17
India delays planned space station and moon base by five years As results from 2023's Chandrayaan-3 mission suggest south pole Moon magma Science23 Aug 2024 | 26
Juice probe scores epic fuel save after snapping selfies with Earth and Moon Onward to Venus! Science21 Aug 2024 | 32
Atlassian CEO's idea to build 4,000-kilometer extension cord plugged in Giant solar farm in Australia will make 'leccy that flows under the ocean to Singapore Offbeat21 Aug 2024 | 40
SpaceX set to surpass Gemini 11's altitude record with Polaris Dawn mission Let's hope the spacesuits hold up for extravehicular activity Science20 Aug 2024 | 31
Rocket Factory Augsburg engine test ends in explosion at SaxaVord spaceport First stage destroyed during hot fire in Scotland Science20 Aug 2024 | 41
Nvidia's latest AI climate model takes aim at severe weather That tornado warning couldn't possibly be a hallucination... could it? Science19 Aug 2024 | 8
ESA's Juice probe dances with Earth and Moon before shooting off to Jupiter Gravity assist flybys planned for tonight and tomorrow Science19 Aug 2024 | 11
Japan's Astroscale wins contract for space junk harvesting robotic arm The plan is to do away with an H-IIA rocket upper stage – and prove it's possible Science19 Aug 2024 | 9
NASA pushes decision on bringing crew back in Starliner to the end of August When is a mishap not really a mishap? Science15 Aug 2024 | 146
NASA's VIPER rover might still reach the lunar surface after all Intuitive Machines tosses hat into the ring for NASA's canceled trundlebot Science14 Aug 2024 | 13
InSight data suggests plentiful water lies beneath Mars' surface There's water in them thar hills, but it'll be really hard to get to Science13 Aug 2024 | 22
SpaceX tries to wash away Texas pollution allegations Updated Elon Musk: Aiming for Mars, but sometimes ends up with Mercury? Science13 Aug 2024 | 42
US standards body proposes atomic clocks in lunar orbit to keep Moon time Knowing precise time on satellite essential if we want accurate GPS-like system for exploration Science13 Aug 2024 | 17
Before we put half a million broadband satellites in orbit, anyone want to consider environmental effects? SpaceX 'WasteX' Starlink said to make up 60% of sats circling Earth Networks12 Aug 2024 | 80
In celebration of Curiosity's successful landing on Mars Forget the woes of Starliner with an audacious NASA landing on another planet that went very very right Science12 Aug 2024 | 5
Chinese satellite broadband launch rocket breaks up into space junk Asia In Brief Plus: Vietnam's PM leads chips push; Tesla backs out of Thailand; Drones fly trash off Everest; and more Science12 Aug 2024 | 25
NASA's NEOWISE asteroid spotter turned off for the final time A mission that was supposed to last for less than a year went on for more than a decade Science09 Aug 2024 | 14
Report slams Boeing and NASA over shoddy quality that's delayed SLS blastoff Space Launch System project overspent, under-built, and is overdue, government probe finds Science09 Aug 2024 | 51
Anaconda puts the squeeze on data scientists now deemed to be terms-of-service violators Updated Academic, non-profit organizations told to start paying up – or else Applications08 Aug 2024 | 22
NASA mulls using SpaceX in 2025 to rescue Starliner pilots stuck on space station Officials may overhaul next year's Dragon mission if Boeing's Calamity Capsule proves too risky to return with crew Science07 Aug 2024 | 90
NASA pushes back missions to the ISS to buy time for Starliner analysis Next SpaceX crew trip moves deep into September while engineers agonize over the Calamity Capsule Science07 Aug 2024 | 35
Freighter bound for the ISS suffers engine abort Are the woes of the Calamity Capsule catching? Science05 Aug 2024 | 13
Second patient receives the Neuralink implant Almost half the electrodes are working... for now Networks05 Aug 2024 | 18
Bugging out: 53 years since humans first drove a battery-powered car on the Moon Feature And you thought you had range anxiety Science03 Aug 2024 | 17
Boeing's Starliner proves better at torching cash than reaching orbit Perhaps those thrusters actually burn dollars after all Science02 Aug 2024 | 53
NASA pops repair kit in the mail so astronauts can fix leaky ISS telescope Upcoming spacewalk should help NICER see more nicely Science01 Aug 2024 | 23
Beetle mania: How bugs are inspiring the next gen of robot aviators Deploying and folding wings without power might be useful in a tight spot Science01 Aug 2024 | 8
It is 60 years since a US spacecraft first took a close-up of the Moon Ranger 7 finally gets its shot. Five years later, humans would follow Science31 Jul 2024 | 17
NASA gives Falcon 9 thumbs-up to launch Crew-9 1. Undock, bring Butch and Suni home on Starliner, 2. Launch Crew-9, 3. Do the handover, 4. Bring Crew-8 home Science29 Jul 2024 | 29
Silicon, stars, and sulfur make Apollo's unlikely legacy Opinion Neil stepped on a rock. We're surfing an interstellar wave 9,000 light years long. Go us Science29 Jul 2024 | 57
The secret to better weather forecasts may be a dash of AI Google adds machine learning to climate models for 'faster forecasts' Science27 Jul 2024 | 93
SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure Cracked line blamed for leak Science26 Jul 2024 | 19
Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 days Science26 Jul 2024 | 51
Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space The eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Science26 Jul 2024 | 36
AI models face collapse if they overdose on their own output Recursive training leads to nonsense, study finds AI + ML25 Jul 2024 | 140
Tim Peake joins Axiom Space as an astronaut advisor A new mission: Securing funding for Brits in orbit Science24 Jul 2024 | 2
Engineers fix ESA's Gaia observatory from 1.5M kilometers away And you thought rolling back a borked update on a server down the hall was hard? Science22 Jul 2024 | 10
Curiosity rover is crushing it: Ran over a rock and found pure sulfur An unexpected splash of yellow on the red planet Science22 Jul 2024 | 22
Chinese researchers create four-gram drone that might fly forever Asia in brief Plus: Former Samsung worker jailed for leaking secrets; Robo-cabs reach Shanghai airport; and more Science22 Jul 2024 | 8
EU's renewable hydrogen plan needs a 'reality check' Member nations aren't on the same page, investors are confused, and nobody understands the real costs CxO19 Jul 2024 | 78
Pi goes to spaaaaace... for a bit longer than planned Ariane 6 might have had some APU problems, but the well-Armed hardware on YPSat worked well Science18 Jul 2024 | 5
NASA swings budget axe, kills $400M+ VIPER lunar trundlebot Creeping costs, launch delays mean almost completed rover 1) will never see Moon, 2) will be stripped for parts Science18 Jul 2024 | 18
Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California Comment Over here, look at me, Donald, I'm over here, don't you want to tweet again? Woke! Trans! Antifa! Immigration! Science17 Jul 2024 | 121
SpaceX asks the FAA: 'Can we launch our rockets again, please?' Company keen to get back on the horse before the investigation is complete Science17 Jul 2024 | 43
ESA starts work on planetary defence mission, because Bruce Willis is retired Asteroid Apophis will come within 32,000km of Earth in 2029, which makes it very much worth a visit Science17 Jul 2024 | 20
Evidence for Moon caves emerges as humans hunt for hospitable hideaway under lunar surface Lava tubes promise shelter in future Moon missions Science15 Jul 2024 | 33
SpaceX's Falcon anomaly could have serious implications for the space industry Comment Musk firm to work with the FAA on why the second stage leaked liquid oxygen Science15 Jul 2024 | 60
SpaceX hit by inflight Falcon 9 failure Upper stage engine suffers a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly, leaving Starlink satellites too low Science12 Jul 2024 | 35
Boeing's Starliner set for extended stay at the ISS as engineers on Earth try to recreate thruster issues We all know the pain of reproducing that one pesky problem in test Science11 Jul 2024 | 48
Astroscale space janitor attempts fly-around of derelict upper stage ADRAS-J avoids adding to debris problem with autonomous collision avoidance Science10 Jul 2024 | 7
Glass rain, supersonic winds, and Eau de Rotten Egg – just another day on HD 189733 b Sounds better than a British summer Science10 Jul 2024 | 18
Europe blasts back into the heavy launch biz with first Ariane 6 flight Everything went fine, except the experimental re-ignition Science10 Jul 2024 | 54
Time Lords decree: No leap second needed in 2024 Let's not get ahead of ourselves, even if Earth is spinning out Science05 Jul 2024 | 45
ITER delays first plasma for world's biggest fusion power rig by a decade Who could have guessed that giant magnets capable of constraining mini-suns would be hard to build? Science04 Jul 2024 | 105
EV world in serious trouble if China cuts off rare earth materials Comment 'We're not there yet' on development of motors without them Personal Tech03 Jul 2024 | 74
Oak Ridge boffins twist exotic metal into eco-friendly, solid-state cooler Chill out, no fridge required Science03 Jul 2024 | 17
MIT's bionic leg upgrade leaves amputees walking like the wind Researchers expect treatment to be available clinically in around 5 years Science02 Jul 2024 | 18
Trouble in space as Boeing's not going, and China's back from the Moon Kettle Vultures chew over a busy few days in orbit with a transatlantic chat Science02 Jul 2024 | 15
China working on standard for brain-computer interfaces This is more than a thought bubble: Beijing aspires to dominate international standards Science02 Jul 2024 | 8
Chinese space company accidentally launches rocket in test gone wrong 10, 9, 8 ... hang on, did anyone check we bolted this thing down properly? Science01 Jul 2024 | 50
Mars is slam-dunked by hundreds of basketball-sized meteorites every year Impact studies crucial for accurately determining Red Planet's age Science29 Jun 2024 | 19
ISS 'nauts told to duck and cover after dead Russian sat sprays space junk This has happened before after Moscow made a mess with a missile Science28 Jun 2024 | 18
Perseverance pays off as Mars rover's SHERLOC brought back from the brink Bot's arm used to free instrument's dust cover and return to science Science27 Jun 2024 | 12
Elon Musk to destroy the International Space Station – with NASA's approval, for a fee SpaceX wins contract for 'deorbit vehicle' at a pleasing price Public Sector27 Jun 2024 | 150
Resource burden of electric vehicles set to triple by 2050 Experts say 'circular economy strategies' could keep demand at 2015 levels Science26 Jun 2024 | 50
China's Chang'e-6 capsule returns with lunar loot from the far side Now to figure out if it really is rich in useful stuff that could fuel further exploration Science26 Jun 2024 | 25
Humanity's satellite habit could end up choking Earth's ozone layer Just when you think we've solved chlorofluorocarbons Science25 Jun 2024 | 92
NASA ought to pay up after space debris punched a hole in my roof, homeowner says Otero family sues Uncle Sam for $80K+ to make everything right Science24 Jun 2024 | 54
Starliner to remain docked to the ISS into July – with no new departure date If it's Boeing, it isn't going joke gets a bit real for 'nauts Science24 Jun 2024 | 49
DARPA searched for fields quantum computers really could revolutionize, with mixed results It's not all hype, but more work is needed before solutions are feasible or affordable Systems24 Jun 2024 | 34
India to build re-usable launch vehicle after nailing third landing of mini-spaceplane Next: more work on crewed mission, including space yoga for astronauts Science24 Jun 2024 | 16