Caltech claims to have beamed energy to Earth from satellite Tech has potential to power war-torn spots and remote regions Science07 Jun 2023 | 34
Whistleblower claims Uncle Sam is sitting on hoard of alien vehicles and tech Ex-UAP analyst reckons he was harassed for telling Congress Science07 Jun 2023 | 64
Scientists think they may have cracked life support for Martian occupation Outdated ISS system will need an upgrade if we're to go further into space Science07 Jun 2023 | 80
NASA's heavy metal Psyche asteroid trip is a go for October Team problems found last year seem to have been resolved Science07 Jun 2023 | 4
James Webb smells someone having barbecue in galaxy 12 billion light years away Most distant smoke and smog discovery could help explain star formation in the early universe Science06 Jun 2023 | 12
This ain't Boeing very well: Starliner's first crewed flight canceled yet again Flammable tape and unreliable parachutes ground craft this time around Science02 Jun 2023 | 82
Boffins snap X-ray closeup of single atom – and by closeup we mean nanometres Achievement took 12 years of blood, sweat and science Science01 Jun 2023 | 8
NASA experts looked through 800 UFO sightings and found essentially nothing Video We need better data! If only everyone could carry a high-quality camera and apps to share pics... Science01 Jun 2023 | 77
Brits and Yanks join forces to make fusion magnets cool again How cool? About -250°C Science31 May 2023 | 23
Airline puts international passengers on the scales pre-flight An aircraft mass properties engineer and an eating disorder therapist weigh in on Air New Zealand's plan Science31 May 2023 | 121
CERN spots Higgs boson decay breaking the rules So much for the Standard Model of particle physics? Science30 May 2023 | 46
Mars helicopter went silent for six sols, imperilled Perseverance rover Ingenuity's still setting records, but waking it up and chatting are getting harder Science30 May 2023 | 40
Neuralink says US OK's human experiments with Elon's brain chips Hopefully this tech works better than his self-driving cars Science26 May 2023 | 36
LIGO cranks up the sensitivity to sniff out gravitational waves The instrument that proved Einstein right is back Science26 May 2023 | 23
IR35 costs UK Research and Innovation £36M – the same it spent funding tech projects Quango tax blunder follows similar payments from Defra and MoJ Science26 May 2023 | 26
Experimental brain-spine computer interface helped a paralyzed man walk Comment Pioneering research effectively reconnects patient's motor cortex with his spinal cord Science26 May 2023 | 42
After network glitch, South Korea's commercial sat-slinger succeeds Nuri rocket has done the business – now to get into the business Science26 May 2023 | 3
Virgin Galactic flies final test before opening for business $450k buys you about 90 minutes of space adventure and a sub-orbital glimpse of Earth Science26 May 2023 | 38
Encoded 'alien message' will reach Earth today, but relax: It's just a drill SETI encouraging everyone to break out their decoder rings, get in on the simulated first-contact fun Science24 May 2023 | 23
Virgin Orbit-uary: Beardy Branson's satellite launch biz shutters Rocket Lab, Stratolaunch, and Vast pick at the corpse Science24 May 2023 | 25
GitHub accused of varying Copilot output to avoid copyright allegations Copilot code-cloning case clarifies claims
Google changes email authentication after spoof shows a bad delivery for UPS Google's blue tick proves untrustworthy
FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans No protection without surveillance?
Germans beat Tesla to autonomous L3 driving in the Golden State Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz, my friends all have Teslas...
Will Flatpak and Snap replace desktop Linux native apps? Opinion Actually, the better question is: When will they replace most desktop Linux programs?
Robot can rip the data out of RAM chips with chilling technology 'The more important a thing is for the world, the less security it has' says inventor
Boss put project on progress bar timeline: three months … four … actually NOW! On Call Change approval board signed off as soon as it heard it was BT's fault
File Explorer gets facelift in latest Windows 11 build Nips and tucks aim to give decades-old app a more modern vibe
Chinese chipmaker insists it has Intel on-side, not inside Home-grown CPU looks suspiciously like a Core i3, but local firm insists it's a collab not a copy
Lightning just as frightening on Jupiter as it is on Earth Juno probe strikes at the similarities despite differences in planets' size and structure Science24 May 2023 | 6
Nearly 1 in 5 academics admit close encounters of the anomalous kind Boffins call for end to UFO stigma Science23 May 2023 | 78
China seeks space cargo launches well below prices NASA pays SpaceX Asia In Brief Plus: ChatGPT hallucinates Japan's PM; Infosys scores huge BP deal; Grab on the way to becoming a bank; and more Science22 May 2023 | 8
Astronomers spot Earth-sized exoplanet probably 'carpeted' by volcanoes The floor is lava. Literally. But at least there might be water Science18 May 2023 | 16
Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison – with a $500m bill 'Liz' learns you don't screw over rich people Science17 May 2023 | 70
Stratolaunch takes hypersonic flight dreams to new heights with mid-air release success Paul Allen must be smiling up there ahead of test flight in summer Science17 May 2023 | 9
North Korea shows off surveillance satellite it claims it can launch To counter the 'US imperialists and the South Korean puppet villains' Science17 May 2023 | 13
Supernova peekaboo could provide clues to our universe's age Gravitational lensing technique offers hope in cracking cosmological conundrum Science16 May 2023 | 7
NASA freezes ice-hunting cubesat Moon mission for good after thruster fail Lunar Flashlight's innovative hardware worked ... other than its engines. Let's call it a draw Science15 May 2023 | 6
Dyson moans about state of UK science and tech, forgets to suck up his own mess Opinion Brexit-supporting offshore merchant wonders what has happened to all the investment Science15 May 2023 | 417
Astronomers say they've seen the largest explosion yet – and we just had to talk to them The culprit: A supermassive black hole, a billion times more massive than the Sun, feeding on a giant gas cloud Science13 May 2023 | 27
Perseverance rover shows up Curiosity with discovery of Martian water park Latest snaps have NASA rethinking scale of rivers on the Red Planet Science12 May 2023 | 23
Microsoft signs up to buy electricity produced by fusion, perhaps in 2028 How complicated can fusion be, really? Science12 May 2023 | 18
NASA tests bot built to slither across, and beneath, alien worlds' ice Video Wheels come off plan to explore Enceladus – in a good way Science11 May 2023 | 9
The Hubble Space Telescope is sinking! Two startups want to save it for free But it's up to NASA to approve a rescue mission. Cue Aerosmith Science11 May 2023 | 27
This upstart is selling tickets for a SpaceX trip to the world's first private space station 30 days with three other people in a double-width shipping container built by a crypto billionaire. What's not to like? Science10 May 2023 | 19
Star Fomalhaut has dusty little secret – two more debris belts and a potential planetary party Nearby system was thought to have an exoplanet, but that was wrong. Now NASA says there may be multiple Science09 May 2023 | 5
China lands mysterious reusable spacecraft after 276-day trek Asia In Brief PLUS: Smartphone sales slump in India, China; Singapore's Temasek denies crypto investment; Dyson's new battery plant; and more Science08 May 2023 | 25
Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this weekend, and will be one for the ages Dense debris left by Halley's Comet more than 3k years ago will produce more than 100 fireballs per hour Science05 May 2023 | 19
Hubble spots stellar midwife unit pumping out baby planets Young mother only 10 million years old appears to have twins Science05 May 2023 | 20
Four out of five Uranus moons likely to have ocean under crust A preview of what Uranus Orbiter and Probe might find in the 2040s Science05 May 2023 | 32
Ten-day optical burst shows star eating giant planet, scientists say Twelve-year interaction ended with a bang Science04 May 2023 | 10
I've seen things you wouldn't believe, like an atom about to photosynthesize Paper details previously unknown step in process of converting light energy to chemical energy Science04 May 2023 | 21
Universe-mapping Euclid satellite arrives in US ahead of July launch Neither war nor bad sensors nor a nautical journey will keep this probe from building a 3D map of space Science03 May 2023 | 9
Saturn's rings are shrinking and boffins will use the Webb 'scope to find out why They go down, down, down, with the burning pull of gravity ... or do they? Science03 May 2023 | 16
Eco warriors sue FAA over Starship fallout, claim watchdog is lost in space NEPA was violated by letting SpaceX do its own impact study, suit alleges Science02 May 2023 | 29
How Sandia hopes to accelerate US hypersonic weapons development You want this to go faster? OK, send in the contractors. That'll do the trick Science01 May 2023 | 10
Boffins claim to create the world's first wooden transistor But don't toss out your silicon chips quite yet Science01 May 2023 | 51
Space: The final frontier, or the next venture capital gold rush Book review Ashlee Vance's When the Heavens Went on Sale paints an inside view of orbital startups Science01 May 2023 | 3
China's Mars rover finds signs of 'modern' water Asia In Brief AWS adds Korean support; Singtel creates InfraCo; Philippines SIM registration drive extended Science01 May 2023 | 4
Ashlee Vance spills the beans on the secret exciting life of space startups Interview Reg-turned-Bloomberg journo talks rockets, satellites, and more Science29 Apr 2023 | 10
ESA's Jupiter-bound Juice spacecraft has a sticky problem with its radar Time to shake, rattle, and roll the probe to remove pesky antenna pin Science29 Apr 2023 | 29
NASA tweaks Voyager 2's power supply to avoid another sensor shutdown By redirecting energy from probe's voltage regulator, NASA buys itself another three years Science27 Apr 2023 | 54
Brit fusion magnets set for US gamma ray bombardment test Tokamak Energy off to Albuquerque desert to douse kit in radiation Emerging Clean Energy Tech Week27 Apr 2023 | 10
Just what the universe needs right now: A black hole with wind Gusts associated with M87 accretion flow surprises scientists peering into massive ring-like structure Science27 Apr 2023 | 18
China space agency reckons Zhurong Mars rover has probably been done in by dust Hopes it might wake during the Martian solstice, but not with much confidence Science27 Apr 2023 | 4
US watchdog grounds SpaceX Starship after that explosion Musk loyalists said launch wasn't a failure. Tell that to folks, wildlife covered in dust, ash, debris Science26 Apr 2023 | 157
Elizabeth Holmes is not going to prison – for the moment Yes, launch another appeal, that'll do the trick Science26 Apr 2023 | 47
First attempt by Japan's ispace biz to land on Moon ends in awkward silence Comms lost to Hakuto-R after apparent crash landing Science25 Apr 2023 | 18
NASA InSight lander spills the beans on Mars' core The lander might be dead, but its scientific legacy lives on Science25 Apr 2023 | 8
China joins US and Europe in considering 3D-printed Moon bases Chang'e 8 missions will check whether regolith harbors appropriate materials Science25 Apr 2023 | 2
Balloon-borne telescope returns first photos in search for dark matter Helium is way cheaper than rocket fuel, and the pictures are just as good if you get high enough Science25 Apr 2023 | 45
NASA solar satellite burns up over the Sahara desert Goodbye RHESSI, thanks for all the data Science22 Apr 2023 | 9
Boffins think they've decoded mysterious 819-day Mayan calendar Letting the calendar cycle for 45 years gives each planet a chance to complete a synodic cycle Science21 Apr 2023 | 43
Hyundai to develop a Moon rover (to launch, not because the roads are so bad down here) Japan's Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, are already pondering what it takes to make a MoonMobile Science21 Apr 2023 | 11
Pentagon shoots down UFO rumors but says 650 cases are still pending Has found no evidence of alien tech or objects that defy the known laws of physics Science21 Apr 2023 | 18
SpaceX's second attempt at orbital Starship launch ends in fireball 'Rapid unscheduled disassembly' could apply to much of Musk's world Science20 Apr 2023 | 234
Chinese company claims it's built batteries so dense they can power electric airplanes But Dr Rachid Yazami, one of the key minds behind lithium-ion batteries, thinks this could be hot air Science20 Apr 2023 | 146
Metal-rich stars inhibit chances of life on their planets They give off less UV, but more is absorbed by their planets’ atmospheres, boffins tell life hunters Science19 Apr 2023 | 21
ESA's Aeolus wind-measuring satellite takes terminal trip into Earth's atmosphere Weather forecasting mission to end on April, but Aeolus-2 is on the drawing board Science19 Apr 2023 | 3
Smallsats + solar sails = Photos of exoplanets at 1970s digital camera resolution Sundiver spacecraft could snap the first surface pics using solar lens Science19 Apr 2023 | 54
Stem cells to be made on orbiting space station to test micrograv manufacturing Kinda feels like living in the future we thought we'd have, for a change Science18 Apr 2023 | 3
SpaceX feels the pressure, scraps first orbital launch of Starship Another attempt is possible later this week, depending on how the troubleshooting goes Science17 Apr 2023 | 37
Mars Helicopter completes 50th flight, 45 more than NASA planned And sets a Martian height record for good measure Science17 Apr 2023 | 33
Curiosity gets interplanetary software patch for better driving and more on Mars And you thought patching your production environment was stressful Science15 Apr 2023 | 52
ESA's Juice blasts off to squeeze secrets from Jupiter's moons Few orbital boosts and we'll get the snaps in eight years Science14 Apr 2023 | 6
Boffins rewrite the book on how Earth's oceans developed You don't need alien asteroids, you just need a hydrogen-rich atmosphere and liquid hot magma Science13 Apr 2023 | 33
Launching soon: ESA's Juice to probe Jupiter's moons for signs of possible life Feature We speak to professor deeply involved in multi-year, billion-plus-euro mission Science13 Apr 2023 | 31
Goddard Space Flight Center's new boss swears in on holy Pale Blue Dot Some brilliant toys await Dr Makenzie Lystrup in mega space facility Science12 Apr 2023 | 15
Theranos founder Holmes ordered to jail after appeal snub Decade or so in the clink begins April 27 Science11 Apr 2023 | 67
Starlink opens final frontier for radio astronomers Opinion Is it wrong to wish on space hardware? Science11 Apr 2023 | 37
SpaceX calendar marked with big red circle for 'first Starship launch' this month Waits for pen-pushers to sign off debut orbital mission Science11 Apr 2023 | 42
Astronomers clock runaway black hole leaving trail of fresh stars Move fast, make things Science09 Apr 2023 | 33
Move over, Google Earth. Caltech's here with a fresh 3D tour of Mars Alien dust world globe took three years of hand-stitching images to create Science08 Apr 2023 | 18
Virgin Obit: Launch company files for bankruptcy in US Just as namesake ISP Virgin Media* falls silent out of respect Science04 Apr 2023 | 21
NASA names astronauts picked for next Artemis Moon test flight First for women, people of color, Canucks Science03 Apr 2023 | 46
India flies – and lands – reusable autonomous spaceplane Asia In Brief PLUS Japanese PM grilled by ChatGPT; Singapore slams bank outage; WeChat adds paid tier; and more Science02 Apr 2023 | 8
Astronomers (re)discover never-before-seen phenomenon on Saturn Rain of icy and rocky debris from rings was initially dismissed as bad data Science31 Mar 2023 | 11
Virgin Orbit lays off 85% of staff as funding deal falters Expenses slashed as hopes dashed for UK space pioneer Science31 Mar 2023 | 61
Today's old folks set to smash through longevity records Except maybe in America, where life expectancy keeps dropping Science31 Mar 2023 | 117
Boffins: Microgravity impacts cell repair systems in proteins Yeast-based study illuminates understanding of how 'nauts physiology may change in space Science30 Mar 2023 | 15
Boeing's first-ever crewed mission in Starliner ISS spacecraft delayed to late July Still hundreds of components, verification checks to complete before test flight Science30 Mar 2023 | 17
Boffins claim discovery of the first piezoelectric liquid Move over, magic crystals – electric syrup is here Science29 Mar 2023 | 28
Moon's glass beads contain enough water to support a mission Thought Icelandic glacier water was rare? How about chugging down some Moon water Science28 Mar 2023 | 33
Is Neuralink ready for human brain implants? Allegedly so We're sure Elon will be first in line as a test subject Science27 Mar 2023 | 30
Boeing Starliner's 1st crewed trip to the ISS delayed again over battery overheating risk May fly in the summer, with some presumably pretty nervous pilots Science26 Mar 2023 | 26
Forget general AI, apparently zebrafish larvae can count Numerical abilities could be a hardwired, ancient feature of the developing vertebrate brain, study suggests Science24 Mar 2023 | 23
Terran 1, world's first (mostly) 3D printed rocket, lifts off ... and fails to reach orbit Mission named 'Good Luck Have Fun' needed more of both Science23 Mar 2023 | 12
First-known interstellar Solar System visitor 'Oumuamua a comet in disguise – research Strange appearance and behavior perplexed astronomers, led some folks to believe it was alien spaceship Science23 Mar 2023 | 42
Japanese outfit's private Moon mission enters Lunar orbit Now all it has to do is land Science23 Mar 2023 | 16