Science

Elon Musk’s SpaceX gets a company town in Texas
South Texas voters mostly employed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX have approved a measure to incorporate as Starbase, a new city ...

Why Pigeons at Rest Are at the Center of Complexity Theory
By January 2020, Papadimitriou had been thinking about the pigeonhole principle for 30 years. So he was surprised when a ...

Block (XYZ) earnings Q1 2025
Block reported first-quarter results that missed Wall Street expectations on Thursday and issued a disappointing outlook. The stock tumbled 15% ...

Amateur astronomer captures detailed photos of Croc’s Eye and Whirlpool galaxies from backyard observatory
Vermont-based astrophotographer Michele Hernandez Bayliss has captured stunning views of Messier 94 – also known as the Croc’s Eye galaxy ...

Process driving evolution and major diseases
Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As ...

A Canadian mining company wants Trump’s permission to mine the deep sea
The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit battery materials strewn across the ocean floor, announced today ...

The first 100 days of DOGE have been about Elon Musk’s businesses
I once wondered whether law enforcement might stop Elon Musk’s power grab. About a month ago, I got my answer: ...

What Caused the European Power Outage?
The causes of the power outage that left millions in Spain and Portugal without electricity on Monday have yet to ...

First Solar stock tumbles as Trump tariffs pose significant headwind
Chuck Smith monitors the manufacturing process of the series 6 solar panels during a tour of a First Solar plant ...

The Pacific Northwest has been immune to sea-level rise so far. A mega-quake could change its fortune in an instant.
A catastrophic earthquake in the Cascadia region of the Pacific Northwest could lower the ground near the coast by up ...