Science & Innovation

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) remains without a permanent director as new Ebola concerns rise, raising questions about US pandemic readiness.

SpaceX is expanding its financial reach into retirement accounts, sparking a debate over the volatility of private equity in employee 401(k) plans.

Analyzing the tactical shift in the Stanley Cup Final as the Carolina Hurricanes and Vegas Golden Knights employ advanced metrics and aggressive roster engineering to secure the title.

David Solomon suggests markets are in 'greed mode' as OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX eye massive equity raises and potential trillion-dollar valuations.

Alphabet's Debug program is deploying 32 million Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes to combat disease-carrying populations in Florida and California.

Researchers have identified a potent new fungus species that targets invasive heath-star moss, offering a natural biological control to restore British biodiversity.

Lenovo expands its workstation lineup with the ThinkStation P4, blending Intel Xeon performance with a space-saving chassis for creators and engineers.

Seoul-based startup Unastella closes a $24M Series B to advance its electric motor pump rocket technology, challenging the Asia-Pacific launch market.

Founded by SpaceX veteran Tom Mueller, Impulse Space raises $500M to expand its workforce and develop Mira and Helios spacecraft, doubling down on human engineering over AI.

CEO Dave Limp confirms Blue Origin plans to fly New Glenn again by the end of the year, despite a massive test explosion at Cape Canaveral.

Voyager Technologies is acquiring Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic in a deal worth up to $300 million, signaling a major move to dominate the lunar logistics and power sector.

As mega-constellations and orbital data centers crowd Low Earth Orbit, experts warn that without a defined 'equilibrium state,' we risk a Kessler-style collapse.

Founded by former SpaceX propulsion lead Tom Mueller, Impulse Space closes a $500M Series D to scale Mira and Helios spacecraft for commercial and defense sectors.

As the U.S. pivots toward the Golden Dome space defense architecture, the focus is shifting from AI interceptors to the propulsion systems required to keep them viable in orbit.

The UK Space Agency is collaborating with Vast to send astronaut John McFall to the Haven-1 space station, marking a milestone for inclusive human spaceflight.

A catastrophic failure during a pre-launch static fire has destroyed a New Glenn rocket and damaged LC-36, creating a ripple effect for NASA's Artemis and ULA's Vulcan.

YC-backed Great Question is recruiting AI-native software engineering interns to build agentic moderators and semantic search tools for customer research.

An internal OpenAI model has disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a geometry problem that stumped mathematicians for eight decades, marking a milestone in autonomous AI reasoning.

Microsoft has softened its stance toward vulnerability researchers following a public dispute with 'Nightmare-Eclipse' and criticism from the cybersecurity community.

AI's massive power and cooling demands are breaking traditional data center builds. Enter modular design: the prefab solution to the GPU capacity crunch.