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Chokepoints: From Thermopylae to the Moon

What is politically savvy for a NASA administrator?

More on Superhabitable Worlds

AI Designs Computer Chips We Can’t Understand — But They Seem to Work Really Well

Radical New Tactic Would Stop Deadly Cancers Before They Start

Scientists Reveal How Pancreatic Cancer Evolves to Evade Treatment

Mini organs launching to space may help future astronauts and humans on Earth stay healthy

Pass Trump’s Defense Budget

French Students Blaming the Wrong People

The Strategic Importance of Cislunar Space

NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer

AI Does Not Need a ‘Nuclear Freeze’

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

Milton Friedman’s Courageous Candor

Why Is Britain Still Appeasing Iran?

The Wealth Tax Stakes in Californ ia

What Might Have Saved Gaza?

Islam Is Not Compatible With Western Civilization

Space May Be the Answer to the Data Center Question

NASA Wants More Than 70 Moon Landings in the Next Decade—But How?

He reached the Americas centuries before Columbus. Why doesn’t he get more credit?

Scientists Built Tiny Robots That Could Treat Dangerous Heart Infections from Within

A Nobel Prize for Macroeconomics Done Right

The human colonization of the solar system is now unstoppable, except by force

The Incredible Design of Our Neurochemistry Drives Us Toward the Creator

The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned

The Case for Firing Squads

Democrats vs. Alaska, Again

If the Saudis Will Fight the Houthis, the U.S. Can Help

The War on Columbus, Is a War on America's History

Why SpaceX Wants To Catch Starship Instead Of Giving It Landing Legs

Google signs 20-year nuclear deal with Constellation Energy to power AI build-out

What Do South Americans Know That U.S. Voters Don’t?

How Artemis 2’s tech will improve life on Earth

The US Is Desperate for More Electricity. But a Simple Fix Could Free Up Gigawatts of Power Without Building New Plants

Iceland will tunnel into a volcano to tap into virtually unlimited geothermal power

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

A Nobel Prize for Hating Israel

Democrats vs. Alaska, Again

How to Make a Jihadist Martyr of Nidal Hasan

Jared Isaacman’s ready to make a deal with Artemis partners If the various nations that have signed the Artemis Accords are wondering what ...

France’s Riots Stem from a Deep Rot

NASA hunts for hidden caves to build its first moon base

Scientists Have Developed a Breakthrough Energy Source to Fuel the First Humans on Mars

Gabriella's War: A Vampire Gabriella Novel #CommissionEarned

Elon Musk’s growing SpaceX empire sends AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile shares plunging

NASA Hubble Cold Case: A Dead Star May Have Given Birth to a New Planet

NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations

America to Establish Permanent Moon Base: What It Could Look Like

Can a Kevlar tether create artificial gravity in space?

Back to School With High-Speed Attack Drones

Hegseth Empowers America

Letitia James Gets an October Debate Surprise

NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations

Elisha Wiesel: The Death of the Nobel Peace Prize

Children of Apollo (3 book series) #CommissionEarned

The ICC Is a Threat to America

A Nobel Prize for Hating Israel

El-Sayed, Troy Jackson and Medicare for All

Scientists engineer microbe to help humanity settle Mars

NASA administrator: SpaceX is extraordinary at this

Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’

NASA says Russia, China could join Artemis Accords if they align with principles

'Dude! No way!' Scientists jump for joy over Artemis II moon science results

NASA Adds New Science Investigations for Moon Base

What will it take to build a moon base?

Talarico volunteer group privately frets about his 12-day absence from campaign trail, leaked Slack messages show

This Tiny Microbe Can Withstand Extreme Radiation That Would Obliterate Humans. Here’s How It Might Protect Astronauts on a Trip to Mars

A Giant Cloud Appears on Mars Every Morning. Scientists Finally Think They Know Why.

Scientists Tried to Make AI Chatbots ‘Sad’ and ‘Afraid.’ Things Got Weird Fast

Healthy Reef Sounds Can Boost Coral and Fish Recovery Efforts

Riots in France? They Could Happen Here

Marco Rubio: The Birth and Rebirth of Western Civilization

A Brother on the Moon #CommissionEarned

Patton in Palestine #CommissionEarned

The further adventures of Anne Frank: An alternate history of a life uninterrupted #CommissionEarned

Spain’s Snap Election Is a Chance to Reject Pedro Sánchez

Democrats Have No School Choice Excuse

John Sununu Wants to Save Social Security

Jeff Bezos reveals his vision for America's next frontier — from AI to the moon

NASA chief has hilarious response to NFL player who doubts whether astronauts really landed on the Moon

Happy 30th birthday to Fox News — the network that changed the world

What is China Doing With its Secret Spaceplane?

What We Know About the Russian Plague Scare

A Paper-Thin Robot Swims Using Living Muscle Cells, Steered by Light

KHL Foundation Reports the Likely First Human Partial Epigenetic Reprogramming Treatments

India’s Best Bet to Catch Up With China? Democracy

Let Physics Regulate the AI Industry

‘Londonistan’ and Britain’s Growing Rift With Washington

Most Recycling Is a Waste

Climate Reality Hits Massachusetts

Artemis Accords countries offered opportunities to participate in lunar base and space academy

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

The Last Moonwalker and Other Stories #CommissionEarned

Anduril’s Bet on U.S. Submarines

Marco Rubio Gets to the Heart of the Matter

Celebrating Hamas on Oct. 7

Can we protect historic sites on the moon from the coming lunar rush?

If you’re looking, here’s a “good deal” for NASA and the European Space Agency

Countries With More Cats Are Happier and Somehow Have Less Toxoplasmosis

A New Generation of Solar Panels Could Produce 25% More Electricity and Shake Up the Global Energy Industry

Democrats Don’t Believe the Polls

What I Saw on Oct. 7: Leadership and Israel’s Greatest Generation

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

Mamdani Is Mugged by the Plaintiff Bar

Iranians on the Loose in Britain

France’s Bonfire of Inanities

Now THIS Would Be Fun: Kennedy Is Considering a Run for President!

SpaceX stock climbs to highest since June, returning Musk to trillionaire status

Next Artemis mission on track for 2027, but anything can happen, astronaut says

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Finds Water Returned to the Same Place on Mars at Least Three Times

Lilly and Novo share GLP-1 longevity data

Scaled-up seawater system produces both hydrogen and fresh water with higher efficiency

The Moon, Mars, and Beyond: Two Tales from the Coming Space Age #CommissionEarned

Covid, Climate and the ‘Consensus Trap’

Brazil Starts to Move Right

Permitting Reform at Last, Really?

I'm going to be on The Space Show podcast tomorrow, October 6, at 9 pm central, 10 eastern.

US, China And Russia Race To Build Nuclear Reactors On The Moon: Report

Will Donald Trump Be the President Who Cures Cancer?

Can pancreatic cancer be stopped in its tracks? Radical tactic raises hopes

At MAHA Summit, Health Leaders Push Prevention and AI as Part of a Solution to America’s Chronic Disease Crisis

To save millions of lives, the Trump administration is eviscerating climate change hysteria

Powered Exoskeletons Are Moving From Sci Fi Into Warehouses, Rescue Missions, and the Battlefield

Scientists 3D-Print Concrete That Can Store Electricity and Still Hold Up a Building

South Korea Plans To Build A Moon Base By 2045

Mapping the Gaps in NASA’s Return to the Moon, featuring Richard Spolzino

Why the Moon Is a Legal Wild West

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

Trump announces formation of AI "Super Intelligence Force"

White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia

Don Jr.’s Star Turn Is Coming