NASA gets the ball rolling on its part in Europe's jinxed Mars rover mission Rosalind Franklin moving again, though another budget cut looms Science17 Apr 2026 |
Bullet train upgrade brings 5G windows and noise-cancelling cabins to Japan Private Shinkansen suites are pulling up to the station in October Networks16 Apr 2026 | 25
Fission impossible: Uncle Sam wants nuclear reactors in space by 2031 Some on the Moon's surface, some in orbit. How does 5 years sound? Do-able, right nerds? Science15 Apr 2026 | 59
Britain's atomic brain trust gives itself till 2030 to unpick fusion challenges Armed with £2.5B, UKAEA sets out technical hurdles it wants cracked by end of decade Science15 Apr 2026 | 17
Orbital datacenter startup CEO admits launch economics don't fly, presses ahead regardless Needs SpaceX et al to drop prices and give competitors a ride into space to make it work Systems15 Apr 2026 | 29
Physicist reckons two-button calculator can do all elementary math Updated Paper says a single binary operator could replace a lot of scientific heavy lifting Science14 Apr 2026 | 80
NASA insiders oddly relaxed about latest budget threats exclusive Veterans think Congress may swat cuts again, but uncertainty could still do lasting damage Science14 Apr 2026 | 10
Japanese rocket part came unglued, leading to mission failure Tiny variation in temperature weakened a component and when a critical moment arrived, that mattered Science14 Apr 2026 | 8
Here's how to watch the Artemis II splashdown Crew went farther from Earth than any humans we know about, now they’re coming back! Science10 Apr 2026 | 41
DARPA looking for battery that could power a laptop for months Drawback: it’s radioactive Science08 Apr 2026 | 51
Investors are going nuclear to keep UK's AI datacenters fed Market watcher says money is pouring into British atomic and fusion startups amid massive energy demand On-Prem08 Apr 2026 | 48
Artemis II snaps eclipse, Earthset shots on first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo Turns out deep space still looks better without AI helping Science07 Apr 2026 | 40
White House seeks deep NASA cuts as Artemis II breaks spaceflight record 'Proposal resurrects an existential threat to US leadership in space science and exploration' Science07 Apr 2026 | 41
Artemis II blasts off on first crewed lunar mission since Apollo And of course the Orion toilet malfunctioned Science02 Apr 2026 | 89
Renewables reached nearly 50% of global electricity capacity last year Cool, but fossil-fuel additions and AI-era power demand still muddy the climate math Science01 Apr 2026 | 48
Virgin Galactic reopens ticket sales with out-of-this-world price hikes Flights to resume in 2026 before space tourism biz runs out of cash Science01 Apr 2026 | 23
Starlink sprays debris into orbit following another satellite 'anomaly' No risk to ISS or Artemis, but not ideal for operator peace of mind Science31 Mar 2026 | 52
Mars coughs up another maybe-life clue in the form of nickel compounds Perseverance found the minerals in an ancient river channel, but researchers say geology may still beat biology Science31 Mar 2026 | 10
Artemis II countdown begins as NASA prepares for crewed Moon flyby Orion's four astronauts edge toward liftoff for humanity's first lunar voyage in more than 50 years Science30 Mar 2026 | 86
DXC staff to strike in Australia after some go without pay rise for five years Asia In Brief PLUS: Iran war may slow APAC IT spend; Toshiba, Mitsubishi, talk chip biz combo; Fusion plasma control networks; And more! On-Prem30 Mar 2026 | 7
Ancient Excel bug comes out of retirement for active attacks Vuln old enough to drive lands on CISA's exploited list
QUIC will soon be as important as TCP – but it's vastly different Deciphering the third transport protocol's four RFCs is a task to rival the proverbial blind man trying to understand an elephant
Nobody knows how many CVEs Anthropic's Project Glasswing has actually found Like the majority of the companies participating, it remains a mystery
US states can't account for datacenter tax breaks. Literally Report says authorities are flouting rules by failing to disclose revenue lost to server farm subsidies
Decades-old Linux UI bug fixed by dev younger than the window manager Kamila Szewczyk prefers old software, as back then people understood something could actually be finished
Google Chrome lacks protection against one of the most basic and common ways to track users online Browser fingerprinting is everywhere
French cops free mother and son after 20-hour crypto kidnap ordeal Latest in a string of cases that have earned France an unfortunate title
Patch these critical Fortinet sandbox bugs that let attackers bypass login, run commands over HTTP No reports of active exploitation (yet)
Server-room lock was nothing but a crock PWNED Your cybersecurity is only as good as the physical security of the servers
Bees and hummingbirds aren't just buzzing – they're sipping trace booze Alcohol turns up in most floral nectar, meaning pollinators are drinking tiny cocktails without ever getting drunk Science29 Mar 2026 | 18
Commercial space pleads with NASA to stop moving the goalposts in orbit Private station hopefuls say ISS rethink is shaking confidence Science27 Mar 2026 | 67
India's space program can't spend money fast enough, putting missions in peril Satnav systems aren't well, IP is being sold too cheap, and thousands of roles remain open Public Sector27 Mar 2026 | 6
Trump remembers to appoint science panel, fills it mostly with tech bros Plus one actual physicist Science25 Mar 2026 | 32
Microsoft and Nvidia claim AI can speed approval of new atomic plants Effort includes permitting and planning AI + ML25 Mar 2026 | 26
NASA's lunar reboot is long on ambition, short on answers Opinion Exactly how will astronauts get to and from that moonbase? Science25 Mar 2026 | 25
Chemists concoct nail polish that lets clawed humans use touch screens They still look goofy, but at least you might be able to use 'em like a stylus Science24 Mar 2026 | 27
Goodbye, Lunar Gateway: NASA ditches Moon station for Moon base NASA boss Jared Isaacman has no intention of letting this setback delay the Artemis program, apparently Science24 Mar 2026 | 46
SpaceX hits back at Amazon in orbital datacenter dispute In space, no one can hear you being petty Networks23 Mar 2026 | 16
NASA sets 'impossible' ground rules for relocation of 'flown space vehicle' Draft Request for Proposals says you can move shuttle orbiter but you cannot break it Science23 Mar 2026 | 106
When it comes to catastrophic space weather, the UK is holding a cocktail umbrella National Audit Office warns government has little idea of how to respond in the event of a major solar storm Science23 Mar 2026 | 24
Elon Musk wants to build 50 times more chips than the world currently produces, using 'new physics' Like his promise to get a million robocabs on the road, this doesn't add up Systems23 Mar 2026 | 170
CERN eggheads burn AI into silicon to stem data deluge feature The operating system of the universe isn’t going to debug itself Science22 Mar 2026 | 40
Turns out your coffee addiction may be doing your brain a favor Decades of data suggest people who stick to a couple of brews fare better in terms of gray matter Science21 Mar 2026 | 80
Starship may chauffeur Orion to the Moon, as NASA mulls ditching SLS after Artemis V SpaceX's still-not-quite-orbital rocket tapped as lunar taxi. Musk's minicab anyone? Science20 Mar 2026 | 53
Time to end the 'uncontrolled experiment' of social media on kids, scientists say Pair say review of studies, other evidence, proves more countries need to do like Australia and keep kids offline Personal Tech19 Mar 2026 | 80
Fiber on the surface of the moon could help detect moonquakes Better than seismometers? Science19 Mar 2026 | 13
Chips... in spaaaace – courtesy of Nvidia gtc The Space-1 Vera Rubin Module will solve all your in-space computing needs Nvidia GTC17 Mar 2026 | 15
Artemis II takes a rain check on return to launch pad as NASA fixes loose wire Still aiming for April 1 if the weather plays ball Science17 Mar 2026 | 18
In the name of science: Boffins build fart-tracking undies A wearable sensor designed to monitor intestinal gas suggests the average person may let rip around 32 times a day Science17 Mar 2026 | 89
Everything needed to make DNA and RNA found in asteroid sample Results from Ryugu suggest the the Solar System produced the building blocks of life Science17 Mar 2026 | 41
Digital fruit fly brain model walks and cleans its feelers Early demo hints at a future sci-fi writers warned us about Science16 Mar 2026 | 58
UK splashes £45M on AI supercomputer to help crack fusion power 'Sunrise' beast will run AI-heavy simulations of plasma behavior and reactor physics HPC16 Mar 2026 | 29
Inside the datacenter where the day starts with topping up cerebrospinal fluid Biological computing is messy and gassy – It’s now cloudy, too Science14 Mar 2026 | 27
NASA pencils in fresh Artemis II Moon launch attempt for April 1 'When we tank the vehicle ... I would like it to be on a day that we could actually launch' Science13 Mar 2026 | 20
Atomic Britain: UK plans regulatory reset to boost nuclear power It wants 'safe, cost effective, and rapid.' We say: 'Good, fast, cheap – you can have 2' On-Prem13 Mar 2026 | 60
NASA probe checks out years early because this solar cycle is a real drag Van Allen spacecraft re-enters over the Pacific with 1 in 4,200 chance of causing injury Science12 Mar 2026 | 3
Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materials Science12 Mar 2026 | 42
Musk admits Starship V3 launch date has slipped as Super Heavy booster rolls into place Launch predictions continue to be optimistic as 2027 and Artemis III near Science10 Mar 2026 | 90
SETI admits its search for alien life may be too narrowly focussed Solar winds near aliens’ homes – and ours – might be blowing away signs of alien technosignatures by broadening signals Science10 Mar 2026 | 30
Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream Calls Musk’s orbital plans “speculative” despite Bezos touting orbiting compute Science09 Mar 2026 | 18
China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon Not a US flag in sight Science09 Mar 2026 | 15
NASA abandons delayed SLS upper stage for ULA's Centaur V instead Vulcan rocket hardware drafted in amid Artemis reshuffle but still no word on lander Science09 Mar 2026 | 21
Britain spends £180M to work out what time it is Atomic clocks will tell you when your Waymo is late Science09 Mar 2026 | 87
NASA’s asteroid defence mission slowed targets by 1.7 inches per hour You gotta start somewhere, and in this case astroboffins would have been nowhere without help from intrepid volunteers Science09 Mar 2026 | 22
Bundle of human neurons hooked to silicon learns to stumble through Doom What hath science wrought? Bootnotes08 Mar 2026 | 52
60 years since humanity first touched the surface of another planet Remembering the day the Venera 3 impacted Venus Science07 Mar 2026 | 19
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least Science06 Mar 2026 | 8
UK mobilizes lawyers to keep report on Gatwick 'drone' chaos under wraps Exclusive Seven-year Freedom of Information battle heads to tribunal Edge + IoT06 Mar 2026 | 48
TerraPower gets permission to build, not operate, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor Don't flip the switch until the NRC says you can, okay? Science05 Mar 2026 | 23
Congress puts the ISS on life support until 2032, orders Moon base plan Authorization Act seeks to keep lights on until commercial stations are ready Science05 Mar 2026 | 14
Trump administration spoiling for a fight over global satellite regulations Updated FCC not pleased about EU space tech reqs to enter Common market, among other things Networks05 Mar 2026 | 26
Solar superstorm gave ESA's Mars orbiters a handy science opportunity Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere 'flooded by electrons' Science05 Mar 2026 | 3
CERN sends AI-trained robot mice scurrying through LHC beam pipes Updated Bots hunt deformed RF contacts inside the collider's 27 km vacuum tubes Science05 Mar 2026 | 20
Ex-NASA chief gives Isaacman's Moon reboot a thumbs up, stays schtum on the awkward bits Jim Bridenstine says 'adjustments' to Artemis program were needed Science04 Mar 2026 | 9
European Space Agency and China both achieve gigabit links to geostationary satellites Raises hopes birds 40,000km away can be reprogrammed, for science or military purposes Networks04 Mar 2026 | 9
MIT boffins aim to build injectable mini-organs that can fill in for a damaged liver Injected liver cells stayed viable and functional for eight weeks in mice Science03 Mar 2026 | 5
Fly me to the Moon: NASA reshuffles the Artemis card deck Artemis III now to follow in Apollo 9's footsteps, 2028 landing still planned for Artemis IV Science02 Mar 2026 | 27
NASA safety watchdog says it's time to rethink Moon landing Report highlights too many firsts in Artemis III mission Science26 Feb 2026 | 140
Moon's mighty magnetic field was a 5,000-year titanium blip So say Oxford boffins who found 'bias' related to Apollo rock samples created false impression Science26 Feb 2026 | 12
Hubble in a death spiral that could end as early as 2028 without a reboost Orbit decay accelerates as solar activity rises, with no approved mission yet to raise the telescope's altitude Science25 Feb 2026 | 78
Pop music fans literally dying to stream hot new albums – in car crashes, that is What do Taylor Swift and Drake's release days have to do with road deaths? More than you’d think Science23 Feb 2026 | 49
Artemis II headed back to the bay; helium issues force another delay Sending humans around the Moon in February, er, March – now April 2026, maybe Science23 Feb 2026 | 25
NASA repurposes Mars Helicopter’s ancient Snapdragon SoC to help Perseverance rover navigate Upgrade allows robot to travel ‘potentially unlimited distances’ without phoning home for help Science23 Feb 2026 | 19
SpaceX's faulty Falcon spewed massive lithium plume over Europe, say scientists Good news: Team shows re-entry pollution can be measured. Bad news: There may be more of it coming Science20 Feb 2026 | 58
NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle Plenty of blame to go around, says Isaacman Science19 Feb 2026 | 45
Google digs deep to power AI expansion with 150 MW geothermal deal Plants expected to begin operations as early as 2028 pending approval by state government Systems18 Feb 2026 | 8
DARPA's autonomous missile-firing missile advances toward flight tests Yo dawg, we heard you like missiles, so we put some missiles in your missile so you can boom while you zoom Science18 Feb 2026 | 12
AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas Companies talk renewables while firing up gas turbines as fast as they can Systems17 Feb 2026 | 15
Scientists show it's possible to solve problems in your dreams by playing the right sounds Could the same method one day power sleep-time ads? Science17 Feb 2026 | 43
Passive RFIDs can now stream telemetry data from sensors To advance the ‘ambient internet of things’ – no batteries required Networks17 Feb 2026 | 14
NASA's fill-'er-up Moon rocket 'confidence' test sees mixed results Plan was to turn SLS into Seal Leaks Stemmed... But the flow was off Science16 Feb 2026 | 15
Booster nozzle anomaly fails to stop ULA Vulcan Centaur reaching orbit Fiery mid-flight incident not enough to derail US Space Force mission Science13 Feb 2026 | 4
Skyrora circles Orbex wreckage as UK rocket rival heads for administration Updated Scottish rival Skyrora already eyeing the assets, including Highland spaceport Science13 Feb 2026 | 18
NASA pauses most Swift science ops to buy time for reboost mission Anticipated summer launch is cutting it fine Science12 Feb 2026 | 3
Microsoft touts far-off high-temperature superconducting tech for datacenter efficiency Someday Science10 Feb 2026 | 14
SpaceX back to Falcon 9 launches as Musk blathers about Moon city FAA signs off on rocket's return and CEO floats ambitious lunar settlement plan Science09 Feb 2026 | 37
Machine learning could yield faster, cheaper lithium-ion battery development Researchers claim model can cut years from testing cycles Science08 Feb 2026 | 20
Smartphones cleared for launch as NASA loosens the rulebook Crew-12 and Artemis II astros may soon snap, shoot, and share from orbit Science06 Feb 2026 | 26
Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station What about storing it in high orbit? Science05 Feb 2026 | 52
Britain courts private cash to fund 'golden age' of nuclear-powered AI Framework aims to lure investors into powering the compute boom On-Prem05 Feb 2026 | 13
US Army looks for robots that can clean up chemical and bioweapons messes Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-assisted threats Science04 Feb 2026 | 10
SpaceX halts Falcon 9 flights after second stage anomaly Failed deorbit burn grounds workhorse rocket Science04 Feb 2026 | 10
NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test This is starting to sound oddly familiar Science03 Feb 2026 | 34
Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun Burning Man woo woo values House of Grok at $250 billion Offbeat03 Feb 2026 | 107
NASA taps Claude to conjure Mars rover's travel plan Is there life on Mars? Well, there's Claude in the machine Science31 Jan 2026 | 20
Mechanical mutts make it official: Now full-time at Sellafield's hot zones Bark!Bark!Bark! Spot's new cleanup gig involves gamma rays, alpha particles, and considerably less PPE than fleshy colleagues Science30 Jan 2026 | 40
Uncle Sam dangles nuclear campuses for states while watering down safety rules Governors offered atomic megasites and federal cash as hundreds of pages of regulations go missing Science29 Jan 2026 | 25
Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy Science28 Jan 2026 | 70
NASA begins formal anomaly review after MAVEN probe lost in space Communication attempts ongoing for stricken spacecraft Science27 Jan 2026 | 16