Science

‘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…

Don’t blame passive investors if SpaceX is mispriced

Index funds don’t misallocate capital — that’s what stock pickers do

RIL eyes AI ecosystem and private satellite constellation

7 of the Best ITAM Software For Hardware Asset Tracking in 2026

\ It's Q3 and your auditors are asking for a full hardware inventory. You open the spreadsheet your team has been maintaining since 2021. It has 1,847 rows, three different naming conventions, a tab nobody is sure is current, and seventeen…

GNR warns of ‘very difficult days ahead’ as wildfire risk escalates

Portugal’s GNR military police force is warning that the country faces “very difficult days” ahead as soaring temperatures, low humidity and dry vegetation combine to significantly increase the risk of The post GNR warns of ‘very difficult…

Iranian scientist Kaveh Madani: ‘People don’t go to war for a drop of water’

The exiled former government official on how shortages can contribute to conflict — and why conspiracy theories about him are ‘no longer funny’

Ambani’s Jio Weighs India Satellite Network to Rival Starlink

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-controlled Jio Platforms Ltd. is weighing plans to build its own satellite constellation, as it seeks to cement control over the nation’s communications infrastructure while Elon Musk’s Starlink faces hurdles.

As global warming threatens corals, scientists search for reefs that can take the heat

MAJURO, Marshall Islands—Perched on the bow of an aluminum landing craft, Anne Cohen gazed a few yards ahead of the vessel toward a yellow robot gliding across the emerald Majuro lagoon. The unmanned surface vehicle, called Yellowfin, was…

Over-reliance on chatbots can diminish critical-thinking skills, study finds

Depending on AI can also potentially decrease the ability to discern misinformation, research says A new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the latest research to find that relying too much on chatbots can diminish…

Musk's SpaceX stake is worth over $1 trillion. Here are the other billionaire shareholders

SpaceX shares were up 37% after its historic debut last week, which offered shares at a set price of $135.

Kenya faces growing consequences of climate change-driven coastal erosion

Kenya just held a major conference on ocean protection, bringing together thousands of scientists, policymakers, and philanthropists. The goal is to find solutions to preserve marine resources and prevent environmental degradation. Over…

A startup claims it broke through a bottleneck that’s holding back LLMs

Miami-based AI startup Subquadratic came out of stealth mode last month with a huge claim. It announced that it had solved a mathematical bottleneck that had been holding back large language models for almost a decade. The details were…