Science & Innovation

A disturbing new trend in academic fraud sees AI-generated papers published in fake journals using the identities of legitimate professors to bypass peer review.

Waymo introduces the Ojai, a custom Zeekr-based robotaxi designed for better accessibility, more passenger space, and 6th-gen sensor hardware for harsh weather.

A hot-fire test of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket ended in an explosion at Cape Canaveral, raising questions about Artemis timelines and heavy-lift capabilities.

Samsung and Massachusetts General Hospital are testing if Galaxy Watch body composition data can help patients prevent lean muscle loss during GLP-1 weight loss treatments.

American Airlines will equip over 500 Airbus aircraft with Starlink satellite internet, strengthening SpaceX's enterprise momentum ahead of its anticipated IPO.

Analysis of SpaceX's S-1 filing and recent Starship tests suggests the company's financial stability relies on a precarious balance between Starlink revenue and rocket reusability.

The FAA has labeled the May 22 Starship Flight 12 launch a 'mishap' following a Super Heavy booster failure, potentially delaying future tests amid SpaceX's IPO plans.

A massive explosion during a static fire test in Cape Canaveral has sidelined Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, threatening Amazon's Project Kuiper and NASA's Artemis timeline.

NASA's aggressive timeline for a permanent lunar base by 2030 relies on a new 'Science as a Service' model, but critical health and biological risks remain unfunded.

Led by Lux Capital, Observable Space secures $90M in funding and a $94M Space Force IDIQ contract to scale laser communications and orbital tracking telescopes.

Italian space firm SITAEL outlines an aggressive growth trajectory, targeting €200M in revenue by 2031 and taking the lead on ESA's HiBiDiS biodiversity mission.

The U.S. Golden Dome missile defense architecture shifts the focus from simple interception to orbital agility, driving a new era of commercial propulsion scaling.

The U.S. Space Force is pivoting toward a distributed ground architecture to protect command-and-control systems from cyberattacks and physical strikes.

SpaceX is set to deploy 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral. We track the Falcon 9 B1085 booster's 16th flight and the challenging weather windows.

New research reveals that LLMs ignore explicit warnings in training data, absorbing false claims as truth—a phenomenon termed 'negation neglect.'

A catastrophic static fire failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket at LC-36A causes extensive pad damage and threatens NASA's 2028 lunar rover deliveries.

Over 600 University of California faculty members are calling for the reinstatement of SAT and ACT requirements after reporting critical gaps in student math proficiency.

Forecasters predict a below-average hurricane season, but warming oceans and El Niño patterns create a dangerous paradox for coastal regions.

Interim data from the VERVE-102 trial shows a significant drop in LDL cholesterol via base-editing, potentially replacing lifelong statin use.

A rare celestial event captured on video shows a fireball descending over the Philippines' active Mayon Volcano. We analyze the physics of atmospheric reentry and the likelihood of space debris.