2025-01-18

Has Trump changed the retirement plans for the country’s largest coal plants?

A growth in electricity demand is leading to talk of delayed closures. [...]

2025-01-17

The FAA is grounding SpaceX's Starship after its latest explosion

The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering SpaceX to conduct a mishap investigation into what caused the company's Starship rocket to explode mid-flight on January 16. Until the FAA approves [...]

2025-01-17

SpaceX's Starship explodes during ascent in its seventh test flight

The Starship's seventh test flight ended in an explosion when the vehicle's upper stage "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn" over the Atlantic Ocean [...]

2025-01-17

See 6 Planets Align on January 21

Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040. [...]

2025-01-17

Can You Get Rich Using a Raspberry Pi to Mine Cryptocurrency?

The profit margin on crypto mining is all about the physics of computers and energy conversion. [...]

2025-01-17

A solid electrolyte gives lithium-sulfur batteries ludicrous endurance

Sulfur can store a lot more lithium but is problematically reactive in batteries. [...]

2025-01-16

Google decides it won't comply with EU fact-checking law

Google has told the EU it will not comply with a forthcoming fact-checking law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios. The company states that it will not be adding fact checks to search r [...]

2025-01-16

Heroes, villains, and childhood trauma in the MCEU and DCU

"This study somewhat refutes the idea that villains are a product of their experiences." At least in fiction. [...]

2025-01-16

An Entire Book Was Written in DNA—and You Can Buy It for $60

What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular data storage. [...]