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