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Rocket Report: Rebuild begins at Blue Origin launch pad; Relativity targets Mars

Welcome to Edition 8.46 of the Rocket Report! We don't mention Starship in the body of this week's report, so I'll give a brief update here. The next test flight of SpaceX's mega-rocket—Flight 13—could happen as soon as next month…

New bright orange Rhododendron species discovered in C Sulawesi

A joint team of scientists led by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has discovered a new species of ...

Hundreds Of Illegal Sea Urchins Seized After ERA Catches Suspect Red-Handed

The Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) has revealed that a person was caught red-handed with hundreds of illegally collected sea urchins following an anonymous tip-off. In a post shared on the official Facebook page of ERA Malta…

NASA’s PACE satellite can now track autumn colours from space by monitoring pigments inside leaves

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8: Expected price, features, battery and launch timeline

AI has been known to hallucinate. So have financial markets

We’ve never had it so good. The S&P 500 and Nikkei 225 have hit record highs this month. SpaceX had its spectacular initial public offering, the largest in history. The company raised an eye-popping US$75 billion and saw a sharp rise in…

DOST partners with Japan agency for AI disaster analytics

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) formalized its partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to advance the department’s AI ecosystem for disaster risk analytics. The GATES program…

Jio Platforms eyes low-orbit satellite rollout as Starlink awaits India launch

Jio Platforms, India's largest telecom operator and digital services company, wants to rollout statelite communication in the country where Starlink still awaits launch.

Hyperliquid Has Moved Beyond Crypto Perp Exchange Territory

Over the recent period, Hyperliquid has processed $172.63 billion in perpetual trading volume, representing 31.9% of all tracked perp DEX activity. Open interest currently sits at $9.66 billion, while BTC/USD alone generates $2.26 billion…

The Download: AI bottleneck debates, and BCI trials take off

This is today’s edition of The Download , our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs AI startup Subquadratic came…

‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings

Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire last week after SpaceX debuted on the stock market with a valuation of $1.77tn…

‘The purpose of the rule is fascism’: scientists fight back against planned Trump research cuts

Stand Up for Science founder says proposal to control how grants are spent would ‘dismantle US science ecosystem’ While waiting to board her flight home at Ronald Reagan Washington national airport recently, Colette Delawalla was reviewing…