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Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organized by multiple space agencies—and increasingly by commercial companies—are set to visit the moon by...

Are We Ready to Head to Mars? Not So Fast.

December 3, 2023

How the World’s Biggest Optical Telescope Could Crack Some of the Greatest Puzzles in Science

November 8, 2023

Carl Sagan Detected Life on Earth 30 Years Ago—Here’s Why His Experiment Still Matters Today

October 26, 2023

Starlink Satellites Are ‘Leaking’ Signals That Interfere With Our Most Sensitive Radio Telescopes

October 13, 2023

Why Do Black Holes Twinkle? Scientists Studied 5,000 Star-Eating Behemoths to Find Out

Christian Wolf - February 9, 2023

How the World’s Biggest Optical Telescope Could Crack Some of the Greatest Puzzles in Science

Derryck Telford Reid - November 8, 2023

Short Space Film “Wanderers” Reminds Us We Are All Explorers

Sveta McShane - December 2, 2014

Watch a Robot 3D Printing the Rocket for Relativity Space’s First Orbital Launch

Jason Dorrier - March 28, 2021

Energy

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Scientists Fire Up the World’s Largest Fusion Reactor for the First Time

Edd Gent - November 2, 2023

Fusion power startups have attracted considerable attention and investment in the last few years. But the powering up of the world’s largest fusion reactor...

Could Powering AI Gobble Up as Much Energy as a Small Country?

October 15, 2023

How Flash Heating Plastic Waste Could Produce Green Hydrogen and Graphene

October 8, 2023

Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Gains Momentum With a Big New Closed-Loop System

September 14, 2023

Amid Energy Price Spike, 86% of New Renewable Electricity Was Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels Last Year

September 8, 2023

How Flash Heating Plastic Waste Could Produce Green Hydrogen and Graphene

Edd Gent - October 8, 2023

If Energy Becomes Free in the Future, How Will That Affect Our Lives?

Vanessa Bates Ramirez - March 11, 2018

Magnetizable Concrete in Roads Could Charge Electric Cars While You Drive

Edd Gent - August 9, 2021

Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling Gains Momentum With a Big New Closed-Loop System

Edd Gent - September 14, 2023

Future

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How Flash Heating Plastic Waste Could Produce Green Hydrogen and Graphene

Edd Gent - October 8, 2023

Hydrogen could be a green fuel of the future, but at present it’s mainly made out of fossil fuels in a process that generates...

Quantum Computers Could Crack Encryption Sooner Than Expected With New Algorithm

October 2, 2023

When Hordes of Little AI Chatbots Are More Useful Than Giants Like ChatGPT

October 1, 2023

You’ll Soon Be Able to Buy Genetically Engineered Glow-in-the-Dark Petunias

September 24, 2023

The Limits of Our Personal Experience and the Value of Statistics

September 22, 2023

Technology Feels Like It’s Accelerating — Because It Actually Is

Alison E. Berman - March 22, 2016

The World in 2025: 8 Predictions for the Next 10 Years

Peter H. Diamandis, MD - May 11, 2015

A Note From Ray Kurzweil on the Recent Call to Pause Work on AI More Powerful Than GPT-4

Ray Kurzweil - May 5, 2023

When Hordes of Little AI Chatbots Are More Useful Than Giants Like ChatGPT

Stuart Mills - October 1, 2023

Tech

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This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through December 9)

Singularity Hub Staff - December 9, 2023

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Google’s Gemini Is the Real Start of the Generative AI Boom Will Knight | Wired " was predictably effusive about Gemini, claiming it introduces new...