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After Senate vote, Trump admin backs off plans to kill ocean monitoring
18 June 2026 @ 6:19 pm
It's unclear whether the system is currently intact.
Before SpaceX IPO, investors in China secretly acquired stakes
18 June 2026 @ 5:42 pm
One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.
Bernie Sanders unveils $7 trillion plan to give Americans control of AI industry
18 June 2026 @ 5:02 pm
Biggest AI firms will likely recoil at Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund.
Hunter-gatherers in Siberia died of a plague outbreak 5,500 years ago
18 June 2026 @ 3:04 pm
We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore.
The first long-duration resident of the ISS, a cosmonaut, has died
18 June 2026 @ 2:34 pm
Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space.
Hulk, Punisher join Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer
18 June 2026 @ 6:37 am
Peter Parker to Bruce Banner: "I didn't know you could get that big."
Second carcass-eating fly species cleared by FDA for maggot wound therapy
17 June 2026 @ 10:11 pm
Maggot therapy lacks robust data, but it has fans and a fail-safe "bacon therapy."
Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028.
17 June 2026 @ 8:44 pm
Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back.
California says AT&T lied to FCC in attempt to shut off old phone network
17 June 2026 @ 8:07 pm
FCC considers AT&T petitions to preempt state rules and discontinue phone service.
Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks
17 June 2026 @ 7:54 pm
The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet.