Memo to scientists. Looking for intelligent life? Have you tried checking for worlds with a lot of industrial pollution?
Take it from us Earthlings, we know what a species can really do to a planet
11 Mar 2021 | 143
Science
India boosts space program budget by 46 percent
Says demand for space is booming and private enterprise loves its liberalisation plans
11 Mar 2021 | 10
Microsoft quantum lab retracts published paper: Readings that cast doubt on crucial discovery went AWOL
Updated Quasiparticle eggheads were 'caught up in the enthusiasm of the moment'
09 Mar 2021 | 27
NASA shows Mars that humans can drive a remote control space tank at .01 km/h
Perseverance takes first drive around landing spot named in honor of seminal sci-fi author Octavia E. Butler
08 Mar 2021 | 29
Soft-shell robot uses snailfish features to sail though Mariana Trench stress test
Deep sea submersible may help humans explore deepest oceans
05 Mar 2021 | 13
Japanese billionaire invites y'all to apply for an all-expenses-paid Moon trip in a SpaceX Starship – like the one that blew up today
Video Eight plucky applicants will be picked for journey of a lifetime
04 Mar 2021 | 28
9 years after SpaceX strode into Texas village, Elon Musk floats name change for Boca Chica: 'Starbase'
If he said it on Twitter it must be all above board, right?
03 Mar 2021 | 34
Homo sapiens: Hey you, Neanderthals! Neanderthals: We heard that
Neanderthal ear scans support idea they could hear us and had a 'type of human language'
02 Mar 2021 | 41
Boffins trap ultra-cold plasma-in-a-bottle, a move that may unlock secrets of exotic stars
Video Matter held not for long... but for long enough
02 Mar 2021 | 17
Rocket Lab goes large with Neutron – a big rocket for big constellations. Oh, and it confirms a merger proposal
Something for rocket fans and rocket financiers to chew on
01 Mar 2021 | 15
Bezos denied: New Glenn launch pushed into 2022 after Space Force says no
Also: Old age a bigger risk for Branson's passengers as Virgin Galactic slips again
26 Feb 2021 | 38
Huawei to Hell: Embattled Chinese comms giant said to be revving up for a move into the electric vehicle market
Though company insists it is 'not a car manufacturer'
26 Feb 2021 | 11
ESA mulls sending waves of robot explorers into dark depths of lunar lava tubes
Lidar-equipped spherical probes or solar panel-powered cranes, perhaps?
26 Feb 2021 | 18
NTT boffins reckon they’ve out-randomed current quantum random number generators
And managed to pull it at speed, despite the menace of quantum noise
25 Feb 2021 | 17
China, Thailand, UAE team up to test cross-border crypto-payments
Just the sort of thing you’d do if you want your national cryptocurrency to be broadly accepted
25 Feb 2021 | 3
No fair! Space Launch System gets cool stickers even though monster rocket failed test
They say 'NASA' and 'ESA', not 'You tried'
24 Feb 2021 | 17
Scottish rocketeers Orbex commission Europe's largest industrial 3D printer to crank out 35 engines a year
Single-piece blend of metals to help get company into Prime time
24 Feb 2021 | 29
Robots that take out your garbage? Oh What A Feeling, says Toyota as it opens its very own smart city
In 'Woven City' human-driven cars aren't allowed, 'personal mobility devices' get their own roads, and sensors tell robots when you need help
24 Feb 2021 | 25
NASA sends nuclear tank 293 million miles to Mars, misses landing spot by just five metres. Now watch its video
Video See how plucky Perseverance touched down on the unforgiving dust world
23 Feb 2021 | 119
What's that, Lassie? Dogs show signs of self-awareness according to peer-reviewed academic study?
Canine friends may not be as dumb as they sometimes like to appear
19 Feb 2021 | 62
British govt emits fuzzy vision for UK version of American boffin special forces group Darpa
Aria. Doesn't have quite the same ring to it, does it?
19 Feb 2021 | 53
Hero to Jezero: Perseverance, NASA's most advanced geologist rover, lands on Mars, beams back first pics
Difficult entry, descent, landing process over, now for a search for ancient microbial life
18 Feb 2021 | 108
European Space Agency open to hiring astronauts with a physical disability
‘Help Wanted … in Space’ signs go up for first time in over a decade
17 Feb 2021 | 18
Co-founder of coronavirus vaccine biz holds in-person tech event... 20+ attendees later test positive for COVID-19
Serial entrepreneur regrets the error
17 Feb 2021 | 30
Bill Gates on climate change: Planting trees is not the answer, emissions need to be zeroed out to avoid disaster
Review 'Every country will need to change its ways' says Microsoft billionaire
16 Feb 2021 | 133
Iron in the kinks, say boffins: Wrinkly graphene could one day make computer chips 'smaller and faster'
All these use cases, not much action
16 Feb 2021 | 14
Voyager 2 receives and executes first command in 11 months as sole antenna that reaches it returns to work
Resets clock to avoid going into safe mode
15 Feb 2021 | 117
Future astronauts at risk of heart attacks, strokes if radiation allowed to ravage their cardiovascular health
One small step for man, one giant.... urgh...*clutches heart*... THUD
14 Feb 2021 | 31
Dept of If I'd Known 20 Years Ago: Call centres, roosting chickens, and Bitcoin
Something for the Weekend, Sir? Getting it half-right means you got it half-wrong
12 Feb 2021 | 72
Habitable-zone exoplanet potentially spotted just around the corner in Alpha Centauri using latest telescope technique
Space is about to look a lot clearer, thanks to adaptive optics
11 Feb 2021 | 65
Samsung floats autonomous ships as ready to sail in 2022
Test on tricky route planned for later in 2021, followed by productisation
11 Feb 2021 | 77
India on track for crewed space mission, says first test flight to launch in late 2021
Plans week-long orbital mission, with Chicken Korma already pencilled in on the menu
11 Feb 2021 | 26
The hottest destination for 2021: China probe follows UAE's into Martian orbit
In Brief Also: NASA to use SpaceX's Falcon Heavy for the Lunar Gateway while eyeing another seat in a Soyuz
10 Feb 2021 | 5
First UAE interplanetary probe now in orbit around Mars – two craft from China, US near Red Planet, too
Orbital mechanics leads to rush hour
10 Feb 2021 | 10
After 7 months and 500 million kilometres, the Emirates Mars Mission has to endure 27 nail-biting minutes of engine burn
Only then will it be known if the UAE's Hope probe was a success
08 Feb 2021 | 16
Square Kilometre Array Observatory has a council now, so building super-sensitive €1.3bn telescope is next on agenda
But then there's the issue of mega-constellations to contend with
08 Feb 2021 | 8
