- — Small modular nuclear reactor reaches criticality in first test
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at 6/5/26 1:23pmThe reactor, from a startup called Antares, isn't ready to generate power yet.- — Trump admin tries again to revive dying coal industry
- at 6/5/26 9:55amMoney would keep coal plants open, build the first new plants in over a decade.
- — Rocket Report: Blue Origin explosion still making headlines; Impulse raises money
- at 6/5/26 8:20amNASA expects to begin stacking the SLS rocket this summer for next year's Artemis III launch.
- — Safety officials finally have a good idea of what a big rocket explosion can do
- at 6/5/26 7:55amOverpressure from the Blue Origin blast shattered windows at a hangar about a mile away from the pad.
- — Bumblebees can spontaneously solve problems, study finds
- at 6/4/26 12:00pmScientists in Finland found bees could solve an insect version of the classic "box-and-banana" problem.
- — After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper
- at 6/4/26 10:21am“I think the team has really experienced the loss of a loved one with the end of the mission.”
- — Used Waymo robotaxi batteries become backup storage for power grids
- at 6/4/26 5:00amUsed Waymo batteries will bolster California and Texas energy storage projects.
- — Microsoft, Atom Computing update their quantum computing progress
- at 6/3/26 4:09pmSome quantum computing companies we've covered have done recent progress updates.
- — Microsoft, Atom Computing, EeroQ update their quantum computing progress
- at 6/3/26 4:09pmSome quantum computing companies we've covered have done recent progress updates.
- — Beans use an immune receptor to call in airstrikes on caterpillars
- at 6/3/26 5:15amWhen they're being eaten, bean plants release chemicals that draw in parasitic wasps.
- — Male bowerbirds prefer to dazzle females with bright human-made items
- at 6/2/26 5:05pm"It’s a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”
- — Male bowerbirds hope to dazzle females with bright human-made items
- at 6/2/26 5:05pm"It’s a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”
- — If I had a hammer... it might actually be a rhino tooth
- at 6/2/26 1:54pmNeanderthals had some wild stuff in their toolkits.
- — Feds failing in bid to take a supercomputer from a climate research center
- at 6/2/26 1:02pmThe National Center for Atmospheric Research won't be losing its supercomputer.
- — In a surprise launch, China debuts another big rocket designed for reusability
- at 6/2/26 10:05amThere are sound engineering reasons to use the same approach SpaceX uses with the Falcon 9.
- — Another Falcon 9 lookalike joins China's growing roster of rockets
- at 6/2/26 10:05amThere are sound engineering reasons to use the same approach SpaceX uses with the Falcon 9
- — Why cats prefer silver vine to catnip and other May highlights
- at 6/1/26 3:38pmPrehistoric mining in the Pyrenees, a new species of tiny blue octopus, slapstick acoustics, and more.
- — An OpenAI model solved a famous math problem that stumped humans for 80 years
- at 6/1/26 5:00amI tried to explain OpenAI’s solution more clearly than OpenAI did.
- — They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains
- at 5/31/26 4:00amAs temperatures rise, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn.
- — Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents
- at 5/30/26 5:00amA new book looks into the long history of people who have opposed vaccines.
- — Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
- at 5/29/26 4:58pmPeer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics.
- — Severed sea cucumber appendages don't seem to die
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at 5/29/26 9:10amThey seem to reorganize their tissues and then just keep living. - — Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks
- at 5/28/26 1:30pmIf it scales up, it can help us diversify our sources of a key element.
- — Amazon turns to Jeff Bezos' other company to do some heavy lifting
- at 5/28/26 12:17pmAmazon is turning a corner with its launch providers, but ULA's Vulcan remains grounded.
- — How pigeons exploit magnetic fields for navigation
- at 5/28/26 12:00pmIron-rich immune cells in the liver may act as sensors for magnetic fields, serving as an internal compass.
- — Forecasters predict below-average hurricane season, advise against complacency
- at 5/28/26 4:00amForecasters say expected El Niño should temper hurricanes in Atlantic, urge preparedness.
- — "Little red dot" in early Universe is a naked supermassive black hole
- at 5/27/26 12:37pmThe black hole accounts for over two-thirds the mass of the object it inhabits.
- — US Space Force confirms SpaceX will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network
- at 5/27/26 12:19pm"We aren’t trading speed for scale; we are demanding both," says the military's program manager.
- — Want an oxygen-rich atmosphere? Stuff oxygen’s friends in the mantle.
- at 5/26/26 12:30pmGetting carbon and sulfur into Earth’s interior may be part of oxygen’s story.
- — Whatever the mirror test tells us, beluga whales pass it
- at 5/24/26 5:15amThe white whales join the short, contested list of animals that see themselves.
- — SpaceX's Starship V3—still a work in progress—mostly successful on first flight
- at 5/23/26 11:54amSpaceX has more to prove before flying Starship all the way to low-Earth orbit.
- — China’s shark finning could lead to US seafood sanctions
- at 5/23/26 5:00amA formal petition to the US government calls for sanctions on Chinese seafood imports.
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