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We managed to glean some interesting details about the Artemis III mission

On Tuesday, NASA announced the crew for the Artemis III mission , which is scheduled to be flown no earlier than summer 2027. As part of the announcement, space agency officials also discussed plans for the crew to dock with both a Blue…

India froze Starlink approvals over Iran fears, days before SpaceX’s record IPO

India has effectively frozen the approvals Starlink needs to begin commercial operations in the country. Security agencies under India’s Ministry of Home Affairs withheld final clearances after SpaceX allowed Starlink access inside Iran…

New study flags concern over sale of illegal nicotine pouches, warns of addiction

Sen. Warren calls on SEC to delay SpaceX IPO, flagging concerns about valuation and governance

Sen. Elizabeth Warren noted Elon Musk's "uniquely unchecked" power as SpaceX's majority shareholder and other concerns in a letter to the SEC.

Squirrel poop dating back to last ice age is full of mammoth, horse DNA

Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.

The Indian government got cold feet on Starlink just before SpaceX’s IPO

Problems with Starlink's India expansion could challenge SpaceX's IPO growth story.

Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia killed 7% of world’s rarest great apes, study finds

Critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan population falls after heavy rain and landslides, fuelled by climate crisis, in North Sumatra Extreme rainfall and landslides fuelled by the climate crisis killed 7% of the remaining population of…

Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’

Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a vast collection of whale bones, including fossils up to 5 million years old and species new to science

The SpaceX IPO needs a bright red hype warning

Warning: volatility may be on the way for Kiwi investors.

SpaceX primed for double-digit pop on first day, if 'perps' trading is any guide

Crypto traders are currently pricing the SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual future on Hyperliquid at $162, about 20% above the company's fixed IPO share price of $135.

Cybersecurity researchers aren’t happy about the guardrails on Anthropic’s Fable

Cybersecurity researchers are complaining that Anthropic's new model Fable has guardrails that are too strict for any cybersecurity work.

When is rare good news on climate science actually bad? When News Corp misrepresents it | Temperature Check

The worst-case scenario for a high-emissions scenario has been revised downward – but the best-case option is now implausible Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In a world where people accept global heating is…