Curmudgeons Corner

White House works to ground NASA science missions before Congress can act

Congress just greenlit a NASA moon plan opposed by Musk and Isaacman

Fracking Is America’s (Not So) Secret Weapon

Finding Abundant Optimism In the Zohran Mamdani Mistake

Scientists Can Tell How Fast You’re Aging From a Single Brain Scan

Ancient Roman Pompeii had way more erotic art than you’d think

Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again)

Trump Can Sell Public Land to Build a Million Homes

The Alaskan Extraction

The Meh Tax Bill That Has to Pass

Too Fun to Check: The Ayatollah's Secret Revenge Weapon Is ... An Adult-Film Star

With Masseys out of commission, SpaceX may attempt static fire Ships at the launch site

“Webb Telescope Enters Alien Hunt Mode”: NASA’s Deep-Space Eye Begins Scanning Exoplanets for Signs of Life With Unmatched Precision

How the Big Beautiful Bill will lower energy costs, shore up the electric grid — and unleash American prosperity

The first commercial space station is nearly here. And it could change space forever

Switching on a silent gene revives tissue regeneration in mice

The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionEarned

Capitalism Needs Champions

‘Transgender’ Kids Usually Grow Up Gay

Want Soviet Bread Lines? Vote for Zohran Mamdani

The second launch of New Glenn will aim for Mars

Are we doing enough to save Earth from a devastating asteroid strike?

Ars reflects on Apollo 13 turning 30

It’s Bulletproof, Fire-Resistant and Stronger Than Steel. It’s Superwood.

Tesla shows off its first fully autonomous delivery to convince us its self-driving cars work well

Swarms of tiny robots could go up your nose, melt the mucus and clean your sinuses

Let America’s 250-Year Bash Begin

Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned

The Case for Space Defense

Zohran Mamdani and the Jews

Cleaning Up Cuomo’s Nuclear Waste

How Starship can stay on schedule for Musk and NASA’s ambitions On June 18, SpaceX rolled out the latest iteration of its Starship spacecra...

All eyes on the moon: sharing information for lunar peace, safety and sustainability

Space Force ponders shakeup to LEO satellite strategy, potentially hiring SpaceX for data relay

In the Quest to Shrink NASA, Trump Forgets National Security

Gabriella's Wa r #CommissionEarned In 1944, with the world convulsed with war, the Contessa Gabriella Doria haunts the piazzas and canal...

AI tool detects 9 types of dementia from a single scan with 88% diagnostic accuracy

Daphne-AT: US unveils new AI assistant to help astronauts tackle space emergencies

Trump Had One of His Best Weeks Ever

Senate advances Trump tax bill after last-minute negotiations with holdouts

Iran Was a Main Driver of Scottish Independence Social Media Campaign

What puzzles can the Vera Rubin Observatory help solve?

Texas firm aims to build world's largest data energy complex with nuclear, gas, solar

Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned From Book 1: July, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 has triumphantly returned to Earth. In ...

Let the TVA Power America’s Nuclear Future

The Strike on Iran Was ‘Jacksonian’

Zohran Mamdani and the Jews What do Democrats have to say about their Israel-hating nominee to run New York City?

An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines

Climatologist Dr. Judith Curry Says Climate Science Has Become ‘Pseudo-Science’

Thanks to the natural gas reboot, other countries could help pay down the U.S. debt

How the Israel-Iran War Wil Impact Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Analysis: During a town hall NASA officials on stage looked like hostages

No, the PLO Isn’t a Person

A Brother on the Moon (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 1) #CommissionEarned

Patton in Palestine (Stories of Alternate History by Mark R. Whittington Book 2) @CommissionEarned

About Those ‘Millions’ Losing Medicaid

How Democratic Failure Made Mamdani

Peter Orszag Says Democrats Increasingly Hate Jews And Capitalism After New York City Mayoral Primary

The Threat of Zohran Mamdani

The Lords of Creation #CommissionEarned

Starlink satellites at risk if ‘city killer’ asteroid hits Moon

GOP Tax Bill Will Uplift the Poor – Again

Webb finds evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7

Democrats’ Iran Double-Down

The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned

Attacks ‘Effectively Destroyed’ Iran’s Program

The People’s Republic of New York City

Trump Wins the Battle of NATO

Webb captures evidence of a lightweight planet around TWA 7

How Coating Roads Could Help Beat the Heat

Four astronauts launch to the space station as NASA grapples with strange twist in leak issue

Social Security's Faux 'Insolvency' Is a Limited Government Feature

Korean researchers used carbon nanotubes to build a motor that’s five times lighter

Researchers just got a group of bacteria to produce Paracetamol from plastic

Why is America Going Back to the Moon (How America went to the moon, stopped, and is returning again)

They Don’t Even Want to Impeach Him Anymore

U.S. Credibility Returns to the Middle East Apart from Israel, Saudi Arabia is the region’s big winner. Its crown prince is eager to modern...

After the ‘Cease-Fire,’ Tests for Iran Trump can demand that Tehran let in the IAEA and drop its forever war.

Geothermal Energy: Another Nail In The Coffin Of Wind And Solar Power?

Technophobia has a body count

Gilead’s HIV Breakthrough

Trump and the ‘12-Day War’

Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts announces campaign for Texas Senate seat

The Moon, Mars, and Beyond #CommissionEarned

Researchers turn plastic into paracetamol

Alzheimer’s Protective Mutation Works by Taming Inflammation in the Brain

World’s Largest Digital Camera Snaps Its First Photos of the Universe

UAE opens pipeline bypassing Strait of Hormuz oil route

Isaacman interested in privately funded science missions

Zimislecel Enables Insulin Independence in 10 Participants with Type 1 Diabetes

Tesla’s Robotaxis Are Here: What You Need to Know

Scientists uncover anti-aging “glue” that naturally repairs damaged DNA

New Nanoparticle Vaccine Clears Pancreatic Cancer in Over Half of Preclinical Models

Why Trump Bombed Iran

Why is it So Hard to Go Back to the Moon? #CommissionEarned

New York’s Choice: Cuomo or Socialism?

Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Gambit

Trump Meets the Moment on Iran