Science & Innovation

Founded by SpaceX co-founder Tom Mueller, Impulse Space raises $500M to expand its Mira and Helios platforms, prioritizing human engineering expertise over AI hardware design.

CEO Dave Limp announces Blue Origin plans to fly New Glenn again by the end of 2026, despite significant launchpad damage and ongoing investigations into the recent explosion.

As mega-constellations and orbiting data centers crowd Low Earth Orbit, the industry is pivoting toward a 'source-sink' equilibrium to prevent a catastrophic Kessler syndrome.

Roger Mason, nominee for the National Reconnaissance Office, details how AI and commercial satellite partnerships are replacing traditional spy craft in a 'space renaissance.'

As the U.S. pushes toward 'Golden Dome,' a constellation of orbital interceptors, the technical bottleneck isn't just AI—it's the propulsion systems keeping them agile.

Fusion startup Xcimer Energy has activated its Phoenix laser system, leveraging excimer amplification to scale the breakthrough physics of the National Ignition Facility for commercial energy.

A rare multi-industry coalition including Meta, Microsoft, SpaceX, and the DOJ has disabled millions of accounts and frozen millions in crypto to dismantle Southeast Asian scam hubs.

UKAEA and University of Bristol researchers are utilizing Carbon-14 nuclear waste to create betavoltaic diamond batteries that could last millennia.

Satellite and buoy data reveal massive subsurface warming in the Pacific, signaling a potentially record-breaking El Niño event that could clash with human-caused climate change.

A subtle amendment in SpaceX's IPO risk factors warns of 'significant equity' issuance, reigniting theories about Elon Musk merging his space empire with Tesla.

SpaceX has amended its IPO filings to warn investors that water scarcity and cooling requirements for AI data centers could hinder its expansion and increase costs.

CEO Dave Limp confirms Blue Origin aims to resume New Glenn flights by year-end following a destructive pad explosion at Cape Canaveral.

New data from Ofcom and Streetwave reveals a systemic failure in UK rail connectivity, with only EE meeting basic performance benchmarks while onboard Wi-Fi remains nearly useless.

Pluto.jl reaches version 1.0, introducing a fundamentally reactive approach to notebooks for the Julia programming language to solve the 'out-of-order execution' problem.

Analyzing the recovery timeline for Blue Origin's New Glenn launch pad following a catastrophic static fire failure, with insights from SpaceX veterans.

Microsoft has softened its stance on vulnerability researchers following a public clash with 'Nightmare-Eclipse' over Windows zero-day disclosures.

New analysis shows 2025 wildfires caused record-breaking insured losses of $54 billion, driven by urban encroachment and high-value infrastructure damage.

As OpenAI models begin solving long-standing conjectures in combinatorial geometry, the global math community issues the Leiden Declaration to preserve human understanding.

As SpaceX nears a record-setting IPO, Elon Musk is poised to become the world's first trillionaire, triggering a wave of criticism from progressive politicians over wealth inequality.

Scientists have identified a potent new fungus targeting the invasive heath-star moss, offering a natural biological control to restore native British habitats.