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Rocket Lab and these four stocks are joining the Nasdaq 100, with SpaceX waiting in the wings

The Nasdaq 100 could imminently include SpaceX, but first it’s getting a shakeup that will usher in another space-technology company and four flashy AI plays.

Scientists use rice's hidden weakness to create self-changing material

US entrepreneur Elon Musk is world’s first trillionaire after SpaceX IPO venture — agency

The company offered 555,555,555 stocks at a price of $135 per share

Locked out of IPO, Asia investors find new ways to bet on SpaceX

Japan and Australia are the only countries in Asia-Pacific where retail investors have direct access to the world's largest-ever IPO.

Targeting diabetes drugs at Māori and Pasifika is needs-based, cardiologist says

Cardiac scientists say they are being muzzled by Health NZ over an objection to changes in the way diabetes treatments are funded.

Scientists urge countries to look beyond CO2 to tackle warming

A major source of global warming has been left out of official climate plans, with indirect greenhouse gases contributing roughly 0.3 C of warming to date.

For 5 million years, whales have come to this place in the Indian Ocean to die

Chinese deep-sea explorers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have discovered the largest “whale-fall site” ever recorded in the Indian Ocean. The graveyard is the Earth’s deepest and most extensive known accumulation of whale…

SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world’s first trillionaire

Elon Musk became a household name through Tesla and SpaceX before expanding his influence with the $44-billion acquisition of social media platform Twitter in 2022.

Musk’s SpaceX prices record $75 billion IPO at $135 a share

The pricing caps off a monthslong effort that realized Elon Musk's most ambitious project yet even ​as some analysts question whether its lofty valuation is justified.

Daily briefing: How Venus flytraps snap shut

Nature, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01920-y Softening cells enable flytraps to shut with astonishing speed. Plus, the cutting-edge science happening at the World Cup and why scientists shouldn’t ignore the Pope’s…

Biggest-ever IPO: Retail investors line up, bid over $70 billion for SpaceX

Retail investors are expected to be allocated at least 20% of the available shares, the people said. At a $75 billion IPO size, which would be the largest on record, that allocation would leave the bulk of demand from individual investors…

Why You Might Already Own SpaceX Shares, Siri’s AI Makeover, and Knicks Owner’s Surveillance Machine

Today on Uncanny Valley, we take an early look at the SpaceX IPO and why you might find yourself among the investors without even realizing it.