2025-09-22

Yes, NASA Found Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars. Here's the Real Story

Learn why scientists are cautiously optimistic about the potential biosignatures found in the Sapphire Canyon rock sample. [...]

2025-09-22

SpaceX's lunar lander could be 'years late' for a planned 2027 mission to the moon

SpaceX's lunar lander has run into a snag and may not be ready for a mission to the moon that was scheduled for 2027, according to a report by Space News. The company's Starship Human Landin [...]

2025-09-22

What climate targets? Top fossil fuel producing nations keep boosting output

Top producers are planning to mine and drill even more of the fuels in 2030. [...]

2025-09-21

NASA resurrects its VIPER moon rover for a 2027 mission with Blue Origin

NASA is apparently giving its ice-scouting moon rover mission another try. The space agency has announced that the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) project — which was called [...]

2025-09-20

Big Tech Dreams of Putting Data Centers in Space

A sci-fi idea is gaining supporters, from billionaires to city councils. Whether it’s feasible is another matter. [...]

2025-09-20

Say Hello to the 2025 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and 24/7 lectures. [...]

2025-09-20

EPA scientists were reportedly ordered to halt publication of research papers

According to a report by The Washington Post, scientists with the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water were told by "political appointees" to stop work on studies that were [...]

2025-09-19

Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report

Things have changed since 2009: We're more certain about the problems. [...]

2025-09-19

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

LLM "tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity" when writing news briefs. [...]