Science

Watch: Mob thrashes and strips Dum Dum TMC councillor over ‘theft of relief material’

Times of India

Watch: Mob thrashes and strips Dum Dum TMC councillor over ‘theft of relief material’

Trinamool councillor Shankar Das was severely beaten and stripped by a mob at his Kolkata home, allegedly over land-grabbing accusations. The incident followed the discovery of relief materials at a business owned by the municipality…

Times of India

Inside the SpaceX IPO: The small cohort of Kiwi investors who’ll jump the queue on Elon Musk's $1 trillion punt

Stuff

Inside the SpaceX IPO: The small cohort of Kiwi investors who’ll jump the queue on Elon Musk's $1 trillion punt

Some investors get a head start over others.

Stuff

Euronews

NASA aircraft breaks sound barrier in first supersonic test flight

The milestone comes after a busy testing period for NASA. Since the first flight on 28 October 2025, the team has completed 16 flights in the last 90 days

Euronews

From Quantum to Containers - 4 big things you might have missed at Microsoft Build 2026

From Quantum to Containers - 4 big things you might have missed at Microsoft Build 2026

We round up some of the other major news from Microsoft Build 2026.

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Enterprise Edition review

Samsung Galaxy Book6 Enterprise Edition review

The Samsung Galaxy Book6 Enterprise Edition is a heavyweight business laptop that uses Intel’s latest 300 series silicon.

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on August 30

Engadget

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch on August 30

NASA is targeting an August 30 launch for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which has 100 times Hubble's field of view.

Engadget

How China is working to turn Saishiteng Mountain into the world’s largest astronomy base

South China Morning Post

How China is working to turn Saishiteng Mountain into the world’s largest astronomy base

Construction on the Tibetan plateau of some of the Earth’s most powerful optical telescopes is putting China on track to house the world’s biggest astronomy base by the mid-2030s, according to project scientists. Deng Licai, lead scientist…

South China Morning Post

Daily Trust

World Environment Day: Embrace mass tree planting to combat desertification, FG urges Nigerians

The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to embrace mass tree planting as a key strategy for combating desertification, land degradation and the growing impact of climate change across the country. The Director-General and Chief…

Daily Trust

SpaceX IPO: how can I buy shares, and what are the risks?

The Guardian

SpaceX IPO: how can I buy shares, and what are the risks?

Elon Musk firm plans the biggest stock market launch in history – but experts have flagged potential downsides It’s being billed as the biggest stock market launch in history. Shares in Elon Musk’s SpaceX are poised to be released on 12…

The Guardian

Can SpaceX live up to Wall Street’s multitrillion-dollar hype?

MarketWatch