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New Glenn explosion could affect US lunar program timeline — expert

According to Alexander Zheleznyakov, the rocket was supposed to launch the Blue Moon lunar lander, which NASA had ordered from Blue Origin

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes on launchpad at Cape Canaveral

An uncrewed Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a Florida launchpad during a test on Thursday, in a major setback for Jeff Bezos’ space venture as it seeks to narrow the gap with Elon Musk's IPO-bound SpaceX.

'I warned these guys': American scientist hits back at Oracle's Larry Ellison on AI's big problem

American scientist Gary Marcus has hit back at Oracle founder Larry Ellison's claim that AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Llama are commoditised because they train on the same public data. Marcus says he warned of this exact "no…

Russia ranks 8th globally by volume of scientific R&D in 2025

According to Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Chernyshenko, the share of young scientists, the number of patent applications, the number of publications in journals included in the ‘White List,’ and the number of domestic technologies used by the…

A Hidden Treasure of Rare Snake Specimens

In the foothills of the Ecuadorean Amazon, a 101-year-old farmer and a young scientist turned an amateur collection into a scientific survey of one of the most diverse snake habitats on Earth.

Q-Day could destroy bitcoin – and our retirement savings

Even if you’ve never bought any cryptocurrency, like columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, your money may be affected by bitcoin’s fate – which is uncertain, as quantum computing advances are threatening to make the encryption protecting it…

Barents Sea vortexes' first map can improve climate forecasts — scientists

According to the scientists, marine vortices in shallow waters of the northwestern Barents Sea mix water intensively, raising warm and salty Atlantic waters to the surface, accelerating ice melting and redistributing nutrients

Read an extract from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Dive into the opening of The Selfish Gene's first chapter 'Why are people?', the New Scientist Book Club’s read for June to mark 50 years since the popular science classic was first published

ASUS and Republic of Gamers to showcase next-generation AI and 20 years of gaming innovation at Computex 2026

ASUS and Republic of Gamers (ROG) announced their booth showcases at Computex 2026, set to spotlight their latest innovations in an immersive on-site experience. The showcases highlight ASUS’s continued advancement in intelligent computing…

Afternoon Update: Jeff Bezos’ rocket explodes; James Valentine farewelled; and Marilyn’s friendships in Hollywood

Want to get this in your inbox every weekday? Sign up for the Afternoon Update here , and start your day with our Morning Mail newsletter . Good afternoon. Nasa’s plans to return humans to the moon in the next two years were thrown into…

NASA alerts massive 370-foot asteroid 2026 HW2 to pass Earth in high-speed flyby today at 44k km/h

Ebola: FCT faces handwashing infrastructure gaps, experts warn

Public health experts have warned that infrastructure deficits and economic constraints, not ignorance, are undermining hand hygiene compliance in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), raising concerns over Ebola preparedness and other…