Sunday, March 29, 2026 4:20 AM ET
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Microsoft and Nvidia claim AI can speed approval of new atomic plants -- Effort includes permitting and planning -- AI + ML3 days ago
NASA's lunar reboot is long on ambition, short on answers - Opinion - Exactly how will astronauts get to and from that moonbase? Science - 25 Mar 2026 - | 241 day ago
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 -- Science4 days ago
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 -- Science4 days ago
SpaceX hits back at Amazon in orbital datacenter dispute -- In space, no one can hear you being petty -- Networks5 days ago
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 -- Science5 days ago
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 -- Science5 days ago
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 -- Systems6 days ago
CERN eggheads burn AI into silicon to stem data deluge - feature - The operating system of the universe isn't going to debug itself - Science - 22 Mar 2026 - | 405 days ago
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 -- Science7 days ago
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? -- Science8 days ago
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 Tech9 days ago
Fiber on the surface of the moon could help detect moonquakes -- Better than seismometers? -- Science9 days ago
Chips... in spaaaace – courtesy of Nvidia - gtc - The Space-1 Vera Rubin Module will solve all your in-space computing needs - Nvidia GTC - 17 Mar 2026 - | 159 days ago
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 ball11 days ago
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 day11 days ago
Everything needed to make DNA and RNA found in asteroid sample -- Results from Ryugu suggest the the Solar System produced the building blocks of life11 days ago
Folk are getting dangerously attached to AI that always tells them they're right -- Sycophantic bots coach users into selfish, antisocial behavior, say researchers, and they love it14 hours ago
Apple's last tower topples... and the others will follow -- Farewell, Mac Pro: Increasing integration means the end of expandable computers20 hours ago
Engineer sabotaged hardware then complained when it didn't work - On Call - The 600 km drive to fix the mess was a special treat14 hours ago
UK government admits Capita pension portal was crapita at launch -- PAC grilling reveals £239M bought a system that couldn't handle the work, the volumes, or placeholder text1 day ago
Microsoft tells crusty old kernel drivers to get with the Windows Hardware Compatibility Program -- Cross-signed code gets the cold shoulder as Redmond tightens trust14 hours ago
Commercial space pleads with NASA to stop moving the goalposts in orbit -- Private station hopefuls say ISS rethink is shaking confidence8 hours ago
Iran war drives urgent need to counter underwater attack drones -- US and UK forces seeking tech tender with an April 3 deadline8 hours ago
Security boffins scoured the web and found hundreds of valid API keys -- Global bank's devs have some cleaning up to do after cloud creds found in website code8 hours ago
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 open5 hours ago
Lloyds app glitch turned transactions into shared experience for 447k users -- A botched update mixed up transaction data across accounts, with thousands now receiving goodwill payouts3 hours ago
Digital fruit fly brain model walks and cleans its feelers -- Early demo hints at a future sci-fi writers warned us about -- Science12 days ago
UK splashes £45M on AI supercomputer to help crack fusion power -- 'Sunrise' beast will run AI-heavy simulations of plasma behavior and reactor physics -- HPC12 days ago
Inside the datacenter where the day starts with topping up cerebrospinal fluid -- Biological computing is messy and gassy – It's now cloudy, too -- Science14 days ago
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' -- Science15 days ago
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-Prem15 days ago
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 -- Science15 days ago
Britain turns up the heat on homegrown ceramics for hypersonic missiles -- DSTL bets £350K the UK can cook up its own exotic materials -- Science15 days ago
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 -- Science15 days ago
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 signals19 days ago
Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream -- Calls Musk's orbital plans "speculative" despite Bezos touting orbiting compute19 days ago
China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon -- Not a US flag in sight19 days ago
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 lander19 days ago
Britain spends £180M to work out what time it is -- Atomic clocks will tell you when your Waymo is late -- Science19 days ago
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 -- Science20 days ago
Bundle of human neurons hooked to silicon learns to stumble through Doom -- What hath science wrought? -- Bootnotes20 days ago
60 YEARS SINCE HUMANITY FIRST TOUCHED THE SURFACE OF ANOTHER PLANET -- Remembering the day the Venera 3 impacted Venus -- Science20 days ago
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won't smack Moon in 2032, boffins confirm -- Humanity and its neighbor safe from this menace at least22 days ago
UK mobilizes lawyers to keep report on Gatwick 'drone' chaos under wraps - Exclusive - Seven-year Freedom of Information battle heads to tribunal - Edge + IoT - 06 Mar 2026 - | 4819 days ago
TerraPower gets permission to build, not operate, sodium-cooled nuclear reactor -- Don't flip the switch until the NRC says you can, okay?23 days ago
Congress puts the ISS on life support until 2032, orders Moon base plan -- Authorization Act seeks to keep lights on until commercial stations are ready23 days ago
Trump administration spoiling for a fight over global satellite regulations -- FCC not pleased about EU space tech reqs to enter Common market, among other things -- Networks23 days ago
Solar superstorm gave ESA's Mars orbiters a handy science opportunity -- Veteran spacecraft overcome computer glitches as atmosphere 'flooded by electrons'23 days ago
CERN sends AI-trained robot mice scurrying through LHC beam pipes -- Bots hunt deformed RF contacts inside the collider's 27 km vacuum tubes -- Science23 days ago
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 needed23 days ago
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 -- Networks -- 04 Mar 202625 days ago
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 -- Science -- 03 Mar 202625 days ago
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 -- Science -- 02 Mar 202625 days ago
NASA safety watchdog says it's time to rethink Moon landing -- Report highlights too many firsts in Artemis III mission -- Science -- 26 Feb 202625 days ago
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 impression1 month ago
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 altitude1 month ago
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 think1 month ago
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 - Science - 23 Feb 2026 - | 251 month ago
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 -- Science1 month ago
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 -- Science1 month ago
NASA points fingers at Boeing and chaotic culture for Starliner debacle -- Plenty of blame to go around, says Isaacman -- Science1 month ago
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 -- Systems1 month ago
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 -- Science1 month ago
AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas -- Companies talk renewables while firing up gas turbines as fast as they can -- Systems1 month ago
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? -- Science1 month ago
Passive RFIDs can now stream telemetry data from sensors -- To advance the 'ambient internet of things' – no batteries required -- Networks1 month ago
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 off1 month ago
Booster nozzle anomaly fails to stop ULA Vulcan Centaur reaching orbit -- Fiery mid-flight incident not enough to derail US Space Force mission1 month ago
Skyrora circles Orbex wreckage as UK rocket rival heads for administration - Updated - Scottish rival Skyrora already eyeing the assets, including Highland spaceport - Science - 13 Feb 2026 - | 181 month ago
NASA pauses most Swift science ops to buy time for reboost mission -- Anticipated summer launch is cutting it fine1 month ago
Microsoft touts far-off high-temperature superconducting tech for datacenter efficiency -- Someday1 month ago
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 plan1 month ago
Machine learning could yield faster, cheaper lithium-ion battery development -- Researchers claim model can cut years from testing cycles1 month ago
Smartphones cleared for launch as NASA loosens the rulebook -- Crew-12 and Artemis II astros may soon snap, shoot, and share from orbit1 month ago
Stash or splash? Lawmakers ask NASA to find alternatives for International Space Station -- What about storing it in high orbit? -- Science1 month ago
Britain courts private cash to fund 'golden age' of nuclear-powered AI -- Framework aims to lure investors into powering the compute boom -- On-Prem1 month ago
US Army looks for robots that can clean up chemical and bioweapons messes -- Just in time for the predicted rise of AI-assisted threats -- Science1 month ago
SpaceX halts Falcon 9 flights after second stage anomaly -- Failed deorbit burn grounds workhorse rocket -- Science1 month ago
NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test -- This is starting to sound oddly familiar -- Science -- 03 Feb 20261 month ago
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 -- Offbeat -- 03 Feb 20261 month ago
NASA taps Claude to conjure Mars rover's travel plan -- Is there life on Mars? Well, there's Claude in the machine -- Science -- 31 Jan 20261 month ago
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 - Science - 30 Jan 2026 - | 401 month ago
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 missing1 month ago
Challenger at 40: The disaster that changed NASA -- How a cold morning, failed O-rings, and flawed decision-making led to tragedy2 months ago
NASA begins formal anomaly review after MAVEN probe lost in space -- Communication attempts ongoing for stricken spacecraft2 months ago
Japan doubles down on Trump's Genesis AI supercomputing effort - RIKEN links up with Argonne, Fujitsu, and Nvidia to build next-gen infrastructure - HPC - 27 Jan 2026 - |2 months ago
NASA confirms command error temporarily felled TESS planet hunter -- In space, no one can hear you bork2 months ago
Voyager 2's close encounter with Uranus wasn't in the original plan -- 40 years later, mission boffin recalls being told to pronounce it correctly2 months ago
NASA planet hunter resumes operations after low power incident -- Pointing problem left TESS in the dark2 months ago
Rocket Lab's Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture -- Launch vehicle due to make maiden flight this year, company promises update in February earnings call2 months ago
MIT boffins create device that 'paints' iridescent structural color in real time -- From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next2 months ago
Dead batteries cough up lithium after a bath in CO₂ and water, boffins say -- Still or sparkling? Either way, the problem of scale remains2 months ago
NASA's Artemis II Moon rocket arrives at the launch pad -- If it all goes wrong, British kids of the '80s might remember an alternative2 months ago
Congress throws NASA a lifeline, leaves Mars sample mission to die in the dust -- Agency dodges deep cut and mass mission shutdowns, but ambitious red planet plan gets the boot2 months ago
India's flagship PSLV rocket fails for the second time in a row -- One payload out of fifteen survived and sent home some useful data -- Science2 months ago
ISS stint ends early as NASA aborts Crew-11 over crew illness -- Sick astronaut back on Earth by Thursday, nature of ailment remains undisclosed -- Science2 months ago
NASA decides to bring Crew-11 home early after astronaut health scare -- Medical issue forces mission curtailment and leaves station short-handed -- Science2 months ago
Copper supplies set to peak just as tech needs more -- Analysts say production will top out this decade while global electrification keeps ramping -- On-Prem2 months ago
Very tough microbes may help us cement our future on Mars -- Extremophile bacteria could help turn Martian dirt into building material for human habitats2 months ago
ISS spacewalk postponed over mystery astronaut malady -- NASA mulling options, including an early trip home2 months ago
Ultimate camouflage tech mimics octopus in scientific first -- Synthetic cephalopod skin could be used in architecture and computer displays as well as background-matching subterfuge2 months ago
New carbon capture tech could save us from datacenter doom -- Maybe our AI overlords, hell-bent on securing power any way they can, should invest in getting this to market2 months ago
Historic NASA test towers face their final countdown -- Apollo-era Saturn V and Shuttle stands set for controlled demolition as Artemis ramps up -- Science2 months ago
Congress ctrl-Zs bulk of proposed cuts to NASA science -- Fate of Shuttle Discovery remains conspicuously unaddressed in FY2026 agreement text -- Science22 days ago
Starlink to lower orbits of thousands of satellites over safety concerns -- Move will see spacecraft shift from 550 km to 480 km as collision risks rise -- Networks2 months ago
Satellite radio transmissions are jamming telescopes and driving astronomers batty - Interview - 'What do we need to do better?' El Reg talks to comms boss about the problem - Science - 01 Jan 2026 - | 222 months ago