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Trump’s Stance on Science Is Starting to Look Uncomfortably Soviet
Lois Parshley, Grist, Gizmodo.com
The U.S. is drifting away from science and climate reality. So why does life seem so normal?
Aug 21, 2025, 2:35 PM
U.S. Cuts Antarctica’s Only Research Icebreaker Ship under Trump Budget Squeeze
Douglas Fox, Scientific American
The National Science Foundation will stop operating the Nathaniel B. Palmer icebreaker and slash polar science funding by 70 percent, devastating Antarctic research
Aug 19, 2025, 3:00 PM
New NASA head wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon – but why?
Leah Crane, New Scientist
The acting administrator of NASA, Sean Duffy, announced a directive to build a powerful nuclear reactor on the moon, but it is unclear what it would power – or even if his plan is legal
Aug 6, 2025, 12:08 PM
NASA aiming to build nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030
mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) , Mike Wall, Space.com
NASA is accelerating its plans for a nuclear reactor on the moon, aiming to establish such a power outpost by 2030, according to Politico.
Aug 5, 2025, 7:48 PM
Nasa to put nuclear reactor on the Moon by 2030 - US media
BBC News
The reactor would provide power for humans on the Moon but there are questions about feasability.
Aug 5, 2025, 11:36 AM
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
Rebecca Hersher, NPR
The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
Aug 4, 2025, 9:30 AM
The End of America as a Center of Science
Jason Kottke, kottke.org
Ross Anderson writes about how scientific empires, from the ancient Sumerians to the Nazis to the Soviet Union in the 1950s, have
Jul 31, 2025, 3:48 PM
Science news this week: Wolves help restore trees in Yellowstone and the largest interstellar object ever seen
Patrick Pester, Live Science
July 26, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
Jul 26, 2025, 4:00 AM
Spain offers 400 million euros to revive Thirty Meter Telescope as Trump suggests cancelling project
Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com
"Spain wants and can be the home of the future of astronomy and astrophysics."
Jul 24, 2025, 8:00 PM
Gravitational Wave Science Faces Budget Cuts Just Years After Breakthrough Discoveries
Lieke van Son, Scientific American
Less than a decade since the first detection of gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime itself—proposed budget cuts threaten to silence this groundbreaking science
Jul 24, 2025, 2:00 PM
5 Things to Know About Powerful New U.S.-India Satellite, NISAR
Anthony Greicius, NASA
Data from NISAR will map changes to Earth’s surface, helping improve crop management, natural hazard monitoring, and tracking of sea ice and glaciers. A new U.S.-India satellite called NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) will provide high-resolution da…
Jul 21, 2025, 3:33 PM
Trump’s ‘Gold Standard’ for Science Manufactures Doubt
David Michaels, Wendy Wagner, The Atlantic
By emphasizing scientific uncertainty above other values, political appointees can block any regulatory action they want to.
Jul 20, 2025, 12:00 PM
The laws of quantum physics rule out a universe that came before ours
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, New Scientist
Instead of the big bang, some physicists have suggested that our universe may have come from a big bounce following another universe contracting – but quantum theory could rule this out
Jul 18, 2025, 4:26 PM
Can U.S. Math Research Survive NSF Funding Cuts?
Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American
A 72 percent reduction in federal funding is devastating to math research. The American Mathematical Society is offering $1 million in backstop grants—but it’s likely not enough.
Jul 18, 2025, 2:30 PM
I built a random number generator for cryptography using Frigate, and here's how it works
Adam Conway, XDA Developers
It's a proof of concept, and can be massively improved, but it works.
Jul 18, 2025, 2:00 AM
Mushroom learns to crawl after being given robot body (2024)
Anthony Cuthbertson, The-independent.com
Biohybrid machine ushers new era of robotics, scientists say
Jul 17, 2025, 10:43 AM
The largest Mars rock on Earth is up for auction in NYC — it could be yours for $4 million (or more)
Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com
The largest Mars rock on Earth will soon be auctioned off in NYC, and could sell for at least $2 million.
Jul 15, 2025, 1:00 PM
Elon Musk introduced Grok 4 last night, calling it the ‘smartest AI in the world’ — what businesses need to know
Carl Franzen, VentureBeat
Musk did not apologize nor did he accept responsibility for Grok's antisemitic, sexually offensive, and conspiratorial remarks.
Jul 10, 2025, 5:24 PM
Astronomers found a completely new type of plasma wave near Jupiter
Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, New Scientist
Observations from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal that Jupiter’s strong magnetic field and the unique properties of its plasma can produce a truly novel kind of extraterrestrial wave near its poles
Jul 10, 2025, 4:00 PM
Eggheads hold science fair on Capitol Hill to decry funding cuts
Iain Thomson, Theregister.com
'The Things We’ll Never Know' show highlights what we'll be missing President Trump's budget slashes funding for science and led to the cancellation or reduction of thousands of research programs, so scientists have staged a series of presentations to show le…
Jul 9, 2025, 11:30 PM
Every living former NASA science chief opposes Trump's proposed budget cuts in letter to Congress
Stefanie Waldek, Space.com
The letter warns that the proposed FY2026 budget would halt dozens of missions, gut future programs and threaten U.S. leadership in space science.
Jul 9, 2025, 5:00 PM
Microsoft sees its carbon emissions soar on an 168% glut in AI energy demand, "we recognize that we must also bring more carbon-free electricity onto the grids."
jez@windowscentral.com (Jez Corden) , Jez Corden, Windows Central
Microsoft's pledge to go carbon neutral by 2030 has hit an AI-shaped snag, as the firm's hunger for cloud growth impacts emissions targets.
Jul 9, 2025, 6:48 AM
Could NASA's Mars Sample Return be saved? New $3 billion private plan would haul home Red Planet rocks (video)
andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones) , Andrew Jones, Space.com
Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new proposal to take over NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return mission for less than half the current cost while achieving key science goals.
Jul 8, 2025, 7:00 PM
Science Makes the U.S. a Great Nation
Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American
History tells us what happens when great nations attack science
Jul 8, 2025, 2:00 PM