2025-03-18
Aerospike rocket engines are the stuff of legend in the space industry. Conceived in the 1960s, their unique spiked-nozzle design promises better efficiency, reusability, and performance at all altitudes. But their complexity — and the shutdown of major space programmes towards the end of the 20th century — meant they never entered the mainstream. But now, startups are dusting off old designs and using new technologies to revive aerospike engines for modern spaceflight. One of these ventures is Spain’s Pangea Aerospace. Founded in 2018, Pangea ha [...]
2025-07-17
Jack Dorsey has been back in the news lately after unveiling a pair of new apps he worked on, Bluetooth-based messenager Bitchat and UV exposure tracker Sun Day. The Block CEO put those together under [...]
2025-03-30
German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Spaceport in Norway today, marking the first-ever vertical orbital rocket launch in Western Europe. Spectrum blasted off at 12:3 [...]
2025-03-07
A new study reveals major problems with how AI search engines handle news citations, even when they have formal agreements with publishers.<br /> The article Study finds AI search engines strugg [...]
2025-06-03
A team from Brown University and Deepmind has found that generative video models can produce realistic motion when prompted with artificial forces, without needing 3D models or physics engines.<br [...]