Saturday, May 23, 2026

Starship V.3's successful launch and return sets us on the path to a Kardashev II civilization.
New Material Could Help NASA Melt Moon Rocks, Harness Lunar Resources
Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit
Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years
Former NASA Robotics Chief: America is building the wrong kind of robots — and China knows it
SpaceX's IPO Filing Undersells Space Capitalism's Future
SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Don’t Leave the Iran War Half-Won
Mitch McConnell’s Historic Senate Career
Britain Versus the Laffer Curve

Friday, May 22, 2026

Robot pizza startup runs out of dough: Picnic shuts down, sells assets to mystery buyer
SpaceX is capitalism on rocket fuel
NASA undertakes major reorganization to reduce bureaucracy and move faster
Lunar Outpost has big plans for the moon. The new Pegasus lunar rover is just the start
SpaceX Starship Flight 12 live launch updates: 1st Starship V3 launch scrubbed, may fly May 22
Can we all get a refund? Now UN climate experts admit climate change won’t destroy Earth tomorrow
Boots on the moon needed to beat ‘belligerent’ China: Mitchell Institute
Jeff Bezos shows how to call out Mamdani’s tax-the-rich scams
A Physical Warp Drive Was Supposed to Be Impossible. Then These Scientists Found a Loophole.
2 Commonly Overlooked Signs of Intelligence
Saturn’s Rings May Have Formed After Titan Smashed Into a Lost Moon
Natural Gas Is Escaping Into Thin Air
Cities affect small and large storms differently
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned
The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
America’s IPO Mini-Boom
Atmosphere Of Saturn-sized Planet With Earth-like Temperature Contains Methane
Trump calls off AI executive order over concern it could weaken US tech edge

Thursday, May 21, 2026

FIRST STARSHIP INTERPLANETARY HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT MISSION
Why Go to the Moon?
Is Raúl Castro the Next Maduro?
Data centers could actually be good for your hometown
Ted Turner Was Elon Musk Before Elon Musk Was Elon Musk
Famously secret about its finances, SpaceX opens its books for the first time
Securing the Return to the Moon
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Mexico’s Cartel War is a Never-Ending Nightmare. This Mathematical Study Shows How to Stop It
Are You Being Manipulated By Your AI? Here’s Something You Should Consider
A Roman Doctor Fled Pompeii with His Tools. Vesuvius Caught Him Anyway

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

NASA’s Psyche Mission Aces Mars Flyby, Targets Metal-Rich Asteroid
Isaacman expects Chinese crewed mission around the moon in 2027
After NASA contract change, Sierra Space seeks path forward for Dream Chaser
The Isaacman honeymoon
Critiquing and defending the Overview Effect
A Green Mineral Could Help Oceans Absorb Carbon And Its First Beach Test Looks Promising
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
People With a Rare Memory Gift Can Remember Almost Every Day of Their Lives and Sleep May Explain Why
What Would Jefferson and Madison Make of Musk and Altman?
An Easy Way to Defeat Medicaid Fraud

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

An Inconvenient Movie: Al Gore's 20 Years of Failed Predictions
Firefly Aerospace Accelerates Spacecraft Production with Expanded Campus and Innovation Lab in Central Texas
Intuitive Machines Announces Two Prime Lunar Reconnaissance Contracts
NASA’s powerful Roman Space Telescope is about to transform astronomy
Anderson confirmed as NASA deputy administrator
Dumping Renewables For Reliables The Right Move
Ted Turner, The Last Of The Four Colorful Owners Of The 1970s, Has Left The Field
Near-Earth Asteroid 2026 JH2 extremely close encounter: online observation – 18 May 2026
Scientists Bioengineer Photosynthesis in the Eyes to Treat Dry Eye Disease
Japan’s Lunar Rover Built for Moon Construction
Astrolab Announces NASA Payloads for Upcoming Mission to the Moon
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
Trump, Taiwan and the ‘Thucydides Trap’
AI Regulation Needs a ‘Bank Examiner’
The FDA’s New Leaders Can Unleash Innovation

Monday, May 18, 2026

Taiwan eyes role in NASA moon program after receiving proposal request
The US space enterprise is desperately waiting for Starship—will it finally deliver?
Did Artemis II break through? Registrations at Space Camp double afterward.
Honoring where his journey began, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman opens new Space Camp facility
Honoring where his journey began, NASA administrator Jared Isaacman opens new Space Camp facility
Ken Griffin: AI Now Automating PhD-Level Work, But Creating "Fantasy Land For Entrepreneurs"
Your slice at Andy's Pizza is powered by AI
After solar and wind farms suddenly sprang up, citizens and local governments sprang into action
The Meaning-Filled Universe
Why Israel’s lawsuit against Times over ‘blood libel’ has a chance
For SpaceX, the stakes of this week’s Starship rocket test flight are sky-high
Simple Software Update Lets Soldiers Use Their Radios To Knock FPV Drones Out Of The Sky
Trump Tightens His Cuba Squeeze Play
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Our Champagne Socialists
How to Finish the Job in Iran
Thwarting a Homeland Terror Threat From Iran

Sunday, May 17, 2026

After the triumph of Artemis II, now comes the hard part

The afterglow of Artemis II’s triumph has barely faded, and NASA is already setting about placing the first footprints on the moon in over 50 years. However, all the things that the space agency and its partners have to do makes sending four human beings around the moon seem like a weekend excursion by comparison.

How NASA’s Next Moon Mission Could Change the Global Economy
Elon Musk Explains Why the SpaceX Board Must Be Powerless to Fire Him
The devil may wear Prada on Earth, but NASA Artemis astronauts will on the moon. Here's why.
This NASA gear may be the first to survive the brutal lunar night
Does Starship REALLY require 15+ launches to land one lunar Starship?!
Gabriella's Wae #CommissionEarned
The School Trying to Rebuild Education for an AI World
Kamala Harris is at it again
What was the Big Bang?

Saturday, May 16, 2026

New targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy induces remission in pancreatic cancer model
Under Aesthetic Arrest: Even an Atheist Might Stop and Think
Researchers Mapped 30 Million Trips to the Moon. This One’s the Cheapest
Will Starship launch from foreign shores? SpaceX 'constantly exploring' options for megarocket liftoff sites
America’s energy comeback is leaving green fantasies behind
Billionaires aren’t villains — they’re the engine of American innovation
Book Review: ‘New Space Capitalism’ Explores the Power of Market Economics in Spaceflight
So Why Go to the Moon Again?
How America Can Put Teeth in Its Blockade
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Admiral Cooper Tallies the Score in Iran
The Good-News-Is-No-News China Summit
The Great California Medicaid Grift

Friday, May 15, 2026

Silence Where a Story Would Have Been
Will future missions to the Moon be sustainable? It may depend on whom you ask
NASA's mega ion engine clears a fiery test on the road to Mars
How Much Has Shale Gas Saved U.S. Consumers?
To Prosper In Space, We Must Put the Private Ahead of Flight
Scientists May Have Found a Way To Repair Nerve Damage in Multiple Sclerosis
Single dose of VY1706 safely lowers Alzheimer’s-linked protein in primate trials
Scientists Reverse Stroke Damage Using Stem Cells in Breakthrough Study
Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
Webb discovers one of the universe's first galaxies
What’s the Point of Learning a New Language If You Can Translate Anything With AI? Actually, There Is
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned
The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
A New Alzheimer’s Drug Reversed Memory Decline in Mice Even After Symptoms Appeared
The Truth About Hamas
About That Taiwan ‘Thucydides Trap’

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Starmer Government Collapse Begins
House appropriators approve spending bill that keeps NASA budget flat
New details on NASA's Artemis III mission
AI is reshaping the labor market, but not how people think
The world of 2050: What’s actually possible
Democrats’ Redistricting Outburst
AOC Could Turn Back the Blue Wave
You Can Teach an Old Drug New Tricks
Taiwan Is the Key to AI Dominance
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Taiwan’s Advance on Self-Defense
Pennsylvania’s New Education Hope
The Truth About Hamas

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Could this be the moment that drug manufacturing takes off in orbit?
I spent years convinced the moon landing was faked — and the single piece of evidence that changed my mind isn't one most conspiracy debunkers ever bring up
NASA debuts radiation-hardened chip with 500x more power than current space processors
NASA's experimental ion engine passes major test, bringing Mars mission closer
Benefits of Coal-to-Nuclear
Once again, SpaceX has set a new record for the tallest rocket ever built
Personalized vaccine shows promise against aggressive brain cancer
Dante’s Inferno May Have Imagined an Asteroid Impact 500 Years Before Scientists Understood Them
Scientists May Have Found Why Cancer Almost Never Spreads to the Heart
The First Atomic Bomb Made a Crystal Scientists Had Never Seen Before
A New Rift Might Be Opening in Africa, and Helium Is Leaking From Below
School Choice Is a Winning Issue for Republicans
America’s Best Bet for a Secure AI Base Is Israel’s Negev
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Keir Starmer Steels Himself
The 51st State of Venezuela
Jerome Powell’s Inflation Legacy for Kevin Warsh

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

How Trump’s ‘anaconda’ tactics put the squeeze on Iran and China
How NASA lunar scientists taught Artemis 2 astronauts to see the moon with different eyes
NASA's Artemis 3 rocket is taking shape for 2027 launch to test lunar landers
Six different ways that prove the wealthy pay a lot more than their ‘fair share’
The universe evolves like a life form
The science case for why Pluto should become a planet (again)
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionEarned
David Attenborough Turns 100 After Changing How Billions See Nature
Trump Cuts the Burger-and-Steak Tax
Trump Heads to Beijing With a Strong Hand

Monday, May 11, 2026

Cowboy raises $275 million to build rockets with orbital data center upper stages
NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft are very low on power after nearly 50 years. How long can they keep going?
The emerging cancer treatment that’s exciting scientists: ‘We’ve just scratched the surface on what’s possible’
The Placebo Effect Is Real and Scientists Just Mapped the Brain Circuit Behind It
Scientists Make Water-Based Battery That Could Last 300 Years Using Tofu Brine Ingredients
Amish Kids Almost Never Get Allergies and Scientists Finally Know Why
The California Democratic Party’s Unappetizing Buffet
Habits for Humanity in the Age of AI
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
Hochul Opts In to Choice Scholarships
Is Ukraine Turning the Russian Tide?
The Stakes of the Trump-Xi Summit

Sunday, May 10, 2026

Musk faces significant obstacles to a jackpot compensation package

According to a Federal Communications Commission filing in advance of the SpaceX public offering, the company has set performance targets that CEO Elon Musk must meet before he receives certain compensations. The list is, mildly speaking, breathtaking.

The moon's largest impact crater scattered something priceless—and Artemis may be heading straight into it
NASA Fuel Cell Tests Pave Way for Energy Storage on Moon
NASA's Artemis 2 commander and astrophotographer team up to capture breathtaking, never-before-seen shots of the moon's far side
Gabriella's War #CommissionEarned
Are Trump and Musk giving up on Mars?
NASA is set to begin training with a prototype of Blue Origin's crew moon lander
The most layoff-prone job in tech right now

Friday, May 08, 2026

Lunar Outpost raises $30 million
Rocket Lab announces large launch contract and plans to acquire space robotics company
Redwire pursues opportunities in landers and power systems for NASA’s moon base plans
Yes, Nuclear. How Much? How Soon?
About That Science We’re Supposed To Believe In …
Richard Dawkins Discovers AI and Philosophy
OpenAI unveils three audio models for real-time voice tasks
A Startup Is Teaching Robots To 3D Print Adobe Homes From Local Soil
Scientists Put Brain Scanners on Tango Dancers and Found Their Minds Moving Together
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned
The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
The Red-Blue Economic Divide
Ukraine Strikes Deep Inside Russia
Race and the Tennessee Gerrymander

Thursday, May 07, 2026

From Hitchin to Artemis II: meet Nasa’s British head of science
Former NASA chief takes helm of national security space firm
A Victory for Capitalism and Common Sense In California
What Could Humans Offer Advanced Aliens? Math.
RCP8.5 is Officially Dead The most significant development in climate research in decades
Here’s what has to happen if NASA wants to land on the Moon every month
New Kind of CRISPR Could Treat Viral Infection and Cancer by Shredding Sick Cells’ DNA
We’re On Track to Bring Flying Cars to Neighborhoods by 2028
7 Adult-Life Problems Childhood Media Vastly Overprepared Us For
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
To End Racial Gerrymandering, Congress Needs to Act
Mamdani and the Antisemites
The Deal With the Iranian Regime

Wednesday, May 06, 2026

NASA’S Juno Misson Captures Jupiter Moon Thebe
New SpaceX facility could be coming to an area 20 miles away from Aggieland
Could Pluto Once Again Be Considered a Planet? New Remarks From NASA’s Administrator Highlight an Enduring Debate Among Scientists
Three Cheers for Rudy Giuliani
The Moonbase moment
NASA Just Released 12,000 Photos from Artemis II and Some Are Absolutely Breathtaking
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
A Possible Shortcut To Mars Could Cut The Round Trip By More Than Half
Astronomers Determine the Surface of a Rocky Planet Beyond Our Solar System for the First Time
Good Riddance to Racial Gerrymandering
Trump Halts the Blockade of U.S. Ports

Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Ireland and Malta sign the Artemis Accords
Quantum Space hires Bridenstine as CEO
Blue Origin Moon Lander Completes Testing at NASA Vacuum Chamber
NASA just released 12,000 more Artemis II photos ‪—‬ here are a dozen of our favorites
Zap Energy: The First Fission-Fusion Company
Spirit's Crash: How Warren and Buttigieg Killed Cheap Flights
California’s Wealth Tax Will Backfire
What would Earth be like if there were no Moon?
Interlune wins NASA contract for helium-3 extraction payload
A small object past Pluto may have a thin atmosphere
A Single Mutation Made Horses Rideable and Changed Human History
Scientists Model Sound Physics of a 300-Year-Old Stradivarius and It Could Change How Violins Are Made
Ancient DNA Reveals What Actually Happened to Ordinary Europeans After the Western Roman Empire Fell
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionEarned
Kamala Is the Presidential Favorite
Vladimir Putin, the Man Who Broke Russia
Iran’s Regime Ends the Cease-Fire

Monday, May 04, 2026

Hummus Made From Moon-Grown Chickpeas Might Be on the Menu for Future Lunar Residents
The Vanguard State: How Ukraine is Redefining the Character of War
The Real Center of Gravity in Tehran
AI spending isn’t the only thing from keeping the US economy from falling off a cliff
Mayo Clinic AI helps specialists detect pancreatic cancer up to 3 years before diagnosis in landmark validation study
A-Lister Tom Hanks Cheers for Historic Artemis II Launch
Yellowstone's volcano may be fueled in a very different way than we thought
Mars Missions May Pose a Serious Threat to Astronauts’ Kidneys, Researchers Warn
As Warfare Changes, Land Power Remains Vital
Don’t Stand So Close to ChatGPT
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
Trump’s Resolve on Iran at 60 Days
The Triumph of Clarence Thomas
Trump Has an IRA to Sell You

Sunday, May 03, 2026

‘I’m not religious, but …’: The Artemis II space mission stirs something deep inside us
Fresh off the heights of Artemis II, Trump wants a lower NASA budget

The Artemis II was still flying toward the moon when the Trump administration presented its proposed budget for NASA for the next fiscal year. As with the previous year’s proposal, the White House suggested cutting the space agency’s overall budget by 23 percent, and its science, aeronautic and education accounts by 47 percent.

Q&A: Apollo astronaut Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt talks about getting back to the moon and life in the universe
Europe Wants to Go to Mars -- but Needs SpaceX to Help
Where NASA's Dragonfly mission is going, 'We don't need roads'
Minnesota: a cautionary tale
Senate Candidate Raymond Chandler Charged For Trump Threats
Gabriella's War #CommissionEarned
Billion-times more efficient nuclear fusion could be unlocked with low-frequency lasers
Diablo Canyon receives licence renewals
Kairos breaks ground for Hermes 2 reactor

Saturday, May 02, 2026

This nuclear battery will allow means we can stay on the moon
Artemis crew tells kids at town hall, moon flight was "the best roller coaster ride you've ever been on"
Can Europe Compete With SpaceX Launch Price? Only If Elon Musk Says "Yes."
Administrator’s Thank You Note To NASA Employees
Sergey Brin fights fire with fire — and two ballot initiatives
NASA’s Lithium-Fed Nuclear Thruster Flares to Life in First of Its Kind Test
Why Israel’s Economy Is Thriving Now
Artemis 2 astronauts get the star treatment after historic moon trip
NASA to increase value of CLPS contract to support surge of lunar lander missions
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Reihan Salam: What’s the Opposite of Mamdani?
Democrats Have a Jim Crow Fantasy
Trump’s Resolve on Iran at 60 Days

Friday, May 01, 2026

NASA's Next Big Step In Space Travel Will Be A Nuclear-Powered Mission To Mars
These States are Paying Way Less for Energy - Here's Why
Time for Gavin Newsom to show leadership: End the high-speed rail disaster
From Discord to Molotov Cocktails: The Dangers of AI Doom Rhetoric
This company says nuclear fusion could finally power the grid — and soon
Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine’s sights
This is who’s developing Golden Dome’s orbital interceptors—if they’re ever built
Trump pulls Casey Means’ stalled surgeon general nomination. New pick is radiologist Nicole Saphier
NASA’s Curiosity rover finds Mars’ richest cache of organic molecules yet
A Tiny Skull Implant That Treats Depression From Home Just Cleared Its First Trial
California Regulators Apologize to Elon
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned
The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
What Happens When Europeans Find Out How Poor They Are?
The SPLC Is a Journalism Scandal
AI Saves the Trump Economy

Thursday, April 30, 2026

The Economics of Ending SLS
Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn
Falcon Heavy launches final ViaSat-3 terabit-class satellite
SpaceX Will Pay Elon Musk To Conquer Mars — No, Really, It's In The Filing
Artist inspired by Artemis II helps women ‘walk on moon’
Can NASA and SpaceX really build a moon base in the next 10 years?
Do We Have Physics in Common with Aliens?
Nerves in Skin Can Slow Melanoma Growth
To Save the Midterms, Go on the Offensive
You Can’t Trust ‘Climate Economics’
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
A Medicaid Fraud Check-Up
A 9-0 Ruling for Pregnancy Center Donors
A Victory for Voting Rights at the Supreme Court

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

MPAPA! Trump’s NASA Administrator wants to bring back Pluto as a planet in our solar system
Trump Fired the National Science Board. Good. Here's Who He Should Put on It
Alien Oceans May Have Waves That Break Every Rule We Know From Earth
Turns out, you can fool the world’s smartest AIs by using weird, monk-like language
Mysterious Flashes in Pre-Satellite Sky in the 1950s Could Be Non-human Technosignatures
Reagan’s Military Lessons for the New Cold War
The GOP’s Florida Gerrymander Gamble
SpaceX Board has set a Mars bonus for Elon Musk
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
Why the U.A.E. Broke Up With OPEC
California Coastal Commission apologizes to SpaceX, settles retaliation lawsuit
Appropriators reject NASA budget proposal

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Could the moon ever be blockaded? Experts predict cislunar space could be the next Strait of Hormuz
"Peace" in space now includes blowing up satellites
Put it in pencil: NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027
Blind Mice Detected Infrared Light After Scientists Implanted an Artificial Retina
A Sixth Ocean Is Forming as East Africa Splits Apart
Can Trump and King Charles Save the ‘Special Relationship’?
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned
When Rationalization Turns Deadly
Home Distilling to the Supreme Court?
The California Wealth Tax Advances

Monday, April 27, 2026

Mamdani considering ticker-tape parade for Artemis II crew — if NASA foots the bill
The tortoise and the hare: will China beat the US in the race back to the moon?
Jordan joins Artemis Accords, int'l principles for exploring Moon, Mars, space, NASA says
NASA wants to use a fleet of MoonFall drones to scout the lunar south pole: 'We believe we can do it'
10,000 new planets found hidden in NASA telescope data
After the Artemis Hangover
A Man Was Given A Suspended Jail Sentence In Japan For Posting Godzilla Spoilers Online
I Am a Transplant Surgeon and I Think Genetically Modified Pigs Are About to End the Organ Shortage Forever
NASA Marks Earth Day by Dropping Unreleased Artemis II Photos
Donald Trump, Foreign-Policy Traditionalist
Trump Stands Tall Under Fire
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
One of ‘the Rich’ Answers Mamdani’s Insult
A ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ in Washington
Heartbeat’s Mechanical Force Found to Suppress Tumour Growth

Sunday, April 26, 2026

Read White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen’s full anti-Trump manifesto
A space race is a good thing, and we must get ready to win it

The U.S. and a coalition of international and commercial partners are engaged in a second race to the moon with China. The goals are to be the first to land human beings since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 and to be the first to establish a lunar base.

NASA Fellow, Teacher: Cole Thomas Allen Who Fired Shots At Trump Event
Gabriella's War #CommissionEarned
‘White supremacy’ was a leftist scam
Trump Addresses Media After WHCD Shooting: "I Fought Like Hell To Stay"
What We Know About WHCD Shooting So Far; Shooter Identified? UPDATE: Video of His Charge
Virginia’s Gerrymander Is a Pyrrhic Victory for Democrats

Saturday, April 25, 2026

Artemis II mission is giving NASA clues about how to design a moon base
NASA Force unveiled, but what is it? NASA's new hiring initiative
An Unrivaled American Work Ethic Is a Powerful Immigrant Magnet
They stuck needles into the eye without anaesthesia: The brutal history of cataract surgery
Can Starship succeed where the space shuttle struggled?
Everything you eat is sunlight. Scientists want to cut out the middleman.
X-Energy’s Shares Jump in IPO, Delivering Wins to Amazon and Ken Griffin
Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned
Florida Tackles the Supply Side of School Choice
Scott Bessent: Donald Trump’s Economic Engineer
America Gets Serious About Cartels. Will Mexico?

Friday, April 24, 2026

Well, this is embarrassing: The Lunar Gateway’s primary modules are corroded
People will be ‘living and working’ on the moon in the 2030s, says space tech CEO
NASA’s Dragonfly Rotorcraft Gets Decked Out, Tested
Latvia and Jordan Join Artemis Accords
Ted Cruz pushes back on NASA budget cuts: 'I don't want to wake up one day and look up at the moon and realize the Chinese have beat us there'
New Immunotherapy Trial Shows 100% Success Rate Against One Type of Bowel Cancer
A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned
Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned
The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned
Researchers Print Artificial Neurons That Can Talk to Living Brain Cells
FDA approves first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss
Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift

Thursday, April 23, 2026

'That's just not a winning strategy': Congress objects (again) to Trump's planned NASA budget cuts
NASA still confident that Artemis astronauts will land on the moon in 2028 despite spacesuit delays
NASA sets early September launch date for Roman Space Telescope
House Science Committee pans NASA budget request
This Earth Day, The Apocalypse Is Cancelled (Again)
AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy
American History Teaches That Operation Epic Fury Is Not Another ‘Forever War’
Are Alien Signals Being “Smeared” By the Sun?
Electronics from Moondust: turning lunar regolith into printable circuits
Houston synagogue and Jewish day school close due to unspecified threats
Scientists Turn On Hidden Genetic Switch That Could One Day Help Humans Regrow Lost Limbs
Cocaine Pollution Is Making Salmon Behave In a Weird Way
Pavement Made from Algae Could Cut Toxic Asphalt Fumes by 100 Times and Make Roads Last Longer
The Thorium Solution to the Iran Nuclear Problem
The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned
Democrats in Peril, From Barcelona to Boise
The Democrats Unify Against Israel
Turning the Tables on Iranian Drones

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

NASA to test drone delivery of donor organs
The wealth tax illusion: We cannot confiscate our way to prosperity
A Grim Diagnosis, but New Science Is Rewriting the Story of Pancreatic Cancer
Aspirin can reduce the risk of cancer - and we're starting to understand why
Unexpected cancer mutations in brain's immune cells may help fuel Alzheimer's disease
Scientists Found a Way to Grow Potatoes Under Solar Panels Without Losing Yield
It’s Not Just People Moving to Texas
Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again) #CommissionEarned
From the 2019 Impeachment to Iran
The Biggest AI Risk Is Foolish, Fear-Driven Policies
The Price Beijing Pays for Backing Tehran

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Antisemitism Is a Core Democratic Party Belief Now
Latvia joins the Artemis Accords
With eyes on future NASA moon base, Space Force launches cislunar acquisition task force
NASA's Curiosity rover finds building blocks of life on Mars. Scientists aren't sure how they got there
High Schoolers Need Economics, Not Just ‘Financial Literacy’
A giant 'shadow' has been creeping across Mars for 50 years — and scientists aren't sure why
Scientists map how HIV hijacks human cells—and how cells can fight back
Researchers Use “Bottled Lightning” to Turn Methane Into Liquid Fuel
One of the Largest Stars in the Universe Just Changed Colors and Astronomers Think It Is About to Explode
Inside NASA’s $20 Billion Plan to Build a Permanent Moon Base, Involving a Staggering 73 Landings
Scientists Discover a Major Flaw in How We Search for Life on Other Planets
Massive New Study Reveals How Psychedelics Actually Reorganize the Human Brain
In Iran, Winning Is the Only Thing
Cincinnati radio station buys WKRP call sign from classic sitcomCincinnati radio station buys WKRP call sign from classic sitcom
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond @CommissionEarned
The Iranians Take Trump for a Sucker
Britain’s Prime Minister Is on the Ropes
A Minnesota Mining Liberation Act

Monday, April 20, 2026

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NASA Artemis II’s Christina Koch Reveals 3 Career Rules She Swears By
NASA working on ‘Big Bang’ upgrade to keep the Voyagers alive for longer
Mamdani’s folly: capitalists have already solved the grocery problem
AI Foretells a Future of Abundant, Happy Work
Petroleum Rules the World: We Control Most of It
The AI Doomers Who Are Playing With Fire
Blue Origin’s rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure
Trump says US Navy forcibly seized Iranian-flagged cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz
Trump signs order to speed review of psychedelics, including the controversial drug ibogaine
This Innovative UK Project is Turning Festival Urine into Massive Native Forests
This Teen Scientist Turned a $0.50 Bar of Soap Into a Cancer-Fighting Breakthrough and Became ‘America’s Top Young Scientist’
Archaeologists Dig Underneath a Medieval Castle to Find a Lost Nuclear Bunker
Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned
New Hope Against Pancreatic Cancer
Grocery Socialism in New York City
Yale Takes Itself to Reform School

Sunday, April 19, 2026

Who Opposes Artemis?
Older People Who Remember The First Moon Landings Are Reacting To Artemis II, And It's A Whole Mixed Bag Of Emotions
AI and robotics will aid, not end, human space exploration

While the world still basks in the triumph of the Artemis II mission and looks forward to further triumphs to come, including the eventual next moon landing, a lunar base, and expeditions to Mars, a few people are not as impressed as everyone else.

Who owns the moon — and who should
The youngest man to walk on the moon reflects on U.S. space exploration
This life-hunting rover may be SpaceX's 1st-ever Mars launch
A 10-Year-Old Girl Wrote to NASA Asking Them to ‘Restore Pluto to a Planet,’ and NASA’s chief Replied with Four Words No One Expected
Non-religious NASA astronaut 'broke down in tears' seeing cross after Artemis II mission
Lefty love boat: Greta Thunberg’s freedom flotilla rocked by sexual misconduct allegations
Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial
Let’s Make Space Nuclear Again
Gabriella's War #CommissionEarned
Earth
British Empire
The Novel

Friday, April 17, 2026

How Trump put America back in space, and what comes next
Artemis II pilot talks about what it was really like to fly and land in Orion
Texas emerges as the top destination for companies leaving blue states
Artemis II: Back to the Future
AI May Well Be the Answer to the Developed World's Productivity Question .
In Space, No One Can Whine About Inequality
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