Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
DOI: Archaeometry, 2025. 10.1111/arcm.70030 (About DOIs). DOI: Journal of Medieval History, 2025. 10.1080/03044181.2025.2546884 (About DOIs). Snails…
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Time is running out for SpaceX to make a splash with second-gen Starship
STARBASE, Texas—A beehive of aerospace technicians, construction workers, and spaceflight fans descended on South Texas this…
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Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory
The recent resistance Academic work on the question of anti-wind farm activism is revealing a pattern:…
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Celebrating 50 years of The Rocky Horror Picture Show
When The Rocky Horror Picture Show premiered in 1975, no one could have dreamed that it…
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Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed
Ars Technica: I’m skeptical of AI in general, particularly in a research context, but there are…
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The first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing is going public
The financial services firm Charles Schwab reported last month that IPOs are on the comeback across…
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Medieval preacher invoked chivalric hero as a meme in sermon
It’s the translation of the word “elves” that is central to their new analysis. Based on…
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A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment
“Very early in Mars’ history, maybe 4 billion years ago, the planet was warm enough to…
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“It’s a heist”: Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian
Citing research by NASA and the Smithsonian, Durbin said that the total was closer to $305…
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9 SEO Conferences to Attend in 2025
We’ve attended dozens of SEO conferences and found some standout events that consistently deliver value, insight,…
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A neural brain implant provides near instantaneous speech
Delays and dictionaries One year after the Stanford work, in 2024, Stavisky’s team published its own…
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During a town hall Wednesday, NASA officials on stage looked like hostages
The four people at the helm of America’s space agency held a town hall meeting with…
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The axion may help clean up the messy business of dark matter
In fact, axions belong to a much broader class of “ultra-light” dark matter particle candidates, which…
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Tuesday Telescope: A new champion enters the ring
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and…
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This archaeologist built a replica boat to sail like the Vikings
Seeking safe harbor “On the long-range voyages, we worked in watches of four hours on and…
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Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid, but now it’s running in backup mode
The spacecraft, built by Maxar Space Systems, will operate its electric thrusters for the equivalent of…
