Pentagon will reportedly award SpaceX a $2 billion contract to help develop the 'Golden Dome'

SpaceX will reportedly receive a $2 billion contract to develop satellites for the US government, according to the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ's report detailed that SpaceX will be tasked with d [...]

All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in Science Rely on Two Stone-Age Techniques

The multifarious methods we use to gather experimental data ultimately boil down to counting or comparing. [...]

Scientists observed a black hole flare that 'shined with the light of 10 trillion suns'

It can be challenging for us humans to wrap our brains around really massive numbers. Even the scale of a million or billion is pretty hard for most people to really comprehend. So prepare yourself to [...]

UN emissions report: The planet is falling well short of its climate targets

The outlook for future generations isn't looking so great. The UN released its annual Emissions Gap Report on Tuesday, and the news is mostly bad. The world’s projected climate path falls far s [...]

Former Anker employees launch new startup to build a hybrid RV trailer

A startup founded by former Anker employees plans to launch a hybrid RV next year. Evotrex "exists to transform how people experience the outdoors," according to CEO Alex Xiao. On Thursday, [...]

Ship fast, optimize later: Top AI engineers don't care about cost — they're prioritizing deployment

Across industries, rising compute expenses are often cited as a barrier to AI adoption — but leading companies are finding that cost is no longer the real constraint. <br /> <br /> The t [...]

5 ways to manage hypertension or high blood pressure, according to science

Getting a hypertension notification from your Apple Watch is just the start – now you need to change these 5 key habits. [...]

15 plants that are stranger than any science fiction

From a tree that bleeds red sap to a flower with no roots or leaves, these 15 plants are more extreme than most science fiction could imagine [...]

Musk's xAI launches Grok 4.1 with lower hallucination rate on the web and apps — no API access (for now)

In what appeared to be a bid to soak up some of Google's limelight prior to the launch of its new Gemini 3 flagship AI model — now recorded as the most powerful LLM in the world by multiple ind [...]