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
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
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
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
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