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Space Systems

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft fires its Hall thrusters one last time before Friday’s Mars flyby at 12,000 mph

Somewhere between Earth and Mars, a spacecraft the size of a tennis court is gliding in silence. NASA’s Psyche probe shut down its electric thrusters after nearly 11 months of continuous firing and is now coasting on a precise, gravity-driven arc toward a Friday encounter with the Red Planet. On May 15, 2026, the spacecraft […]

By Cassian Holt

Cybersecurity

U.S. lawmakers warned of an AI-driven wave of zero-day vulnerability discoveries that could overwhelm security teams

By Cassian Holt

AI

Scientists used AI to comb through NASA’s TESS data and confirmed 100 hidden exoplanets — including worlds that orbit their star in under a day

By Dorian Maddox

NASA’s CRS-34 Dragon carries 6,400 pounds of time-sensitive experiments — two weather scrubs have already delayed it three days

By Cassian Holt

The 2026 fire season has already produced more fires than any of the last 10 years — and it’s only mid-May

By Everett Sloane

Spain may rethink its nuclear phase-out as AI data center demand and grid constraints force policymakers to reconsider

By Everett Sloane

Baidu’s CEO says AI has shifted from model competition to agent competition — agents will learn, verify, and optimize on their own

By Dorian Maddox

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Astronomy

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays from protons to iron nuclei all hit the same energy cliff — a pattern nobody had seen in 100 years of data

By BeckhamLangford

Science

Kilauea episode 47 erupted at 3:27 p.m. Hawaii time — USGS had raised the alert to WATCH just hours earlier

By BeckhamLangford

Astronomy

The sun fired a radio burst that lasted 19 straight days — three coronal mass ejections in the same region may have fueled it

By BeckhamLangford

Neuroscience

The tiny pauses and ‘ums’ in your speech may reveal far more about your brain health than anyone realized

By BeckhamLangford

Space Systems

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft fires its Hall thrusters one last time before Friday’s Mars flyby at 12,000 mph

By Cassian Holt

Cybersecurity

U.S. lawmakers warned of an AI-driven wave of zero-day vulnerability discoveries that could overwhelm security teams

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

NASA’s CRS-34 Dragon carries 6,400 pounds of time-sensitive experiments — two weather scrubs have already delayed it three days

By Cassian Holt

Military

Pentagon’s new low-cost missile program signs Anduril for 1,000 Barracuda rounds a year and Leidos for 3,000 cruise missiles

By Kade Winslow

Military

Israel airstrikes hit seven vehicles in southern Lebanon killing 12 people — the Israeli military says it struck Hezbollah infrastructure

By Kade Winslow

Military

CENTCOM has redirected 70 commercial vessels and disabled 4 to enforce the Iran blockade as of today

By Kade Winslow

AI

Scientists used AI to comb through NASA’s TESS data and confirmed 100 hidden exoplanets — including worlds that orbit their star in under a day

By Dorian Maddox

AI

Baidu’s CEO says AI has shifted from model competition to agent competition — agents will learn, verify, and optimize on their own

By Dorian Maddox

AI

Baidu says the next phase of AI belongs to agents that teach themselves — not models that wait for instructions

By Dorian Maddox

AI

65% of U.S. doctors are using the same AI tool across 27 million patient encounters every month — most patients don’t know

By Dorian Maddox

Electric Vehicles

China’s new energy vehicle exports topped 1.3 million units in the first four months of 2026 — a record surge

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Texas commits $250 million to install hundreds of new EV chargers under the federal NEVI program

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Native NACS charging ports are spreading across non-Tesla EVs — opening thousands of Supercharger stalls to every brand

By Rowan Calder

Watercraft

Iran seized a Chinese-operated ship flying a false Honduras flag off the UAE coast and towed it into Iranian waters

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

U.S. EV sales dropped 28% in Q1 to 216,000 units — but non-Tesla brands are quietly gaining ground

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Rivian’s $45,000 R2 is the EV that could bring the brand to the masses — and it’s also the launchpad for Rivian’s self-driving push

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Texas approved $250 million for 588 new public EV chargers to fill dead zones across the state

By Rowan Calder

Watercraft

An Indian cargo ship was attacked and sank near the Strait of Hormuz — Oman’s coast guard rescued all 14 crew members

By Rowan Calder

Aircraft

The Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper fleet has fallen to 135 aircraft — 54 below the operational floor — after 24 were shot down over Iran

By Rowan Calder

Transportation

The Iran war is costing the global shipping industry $340 million a day as bunker fuel prices spike 60% in the Strait of Hormuz

By Rowan Calder

SUV’s

9 SUVs flagged by mechanics as ‘money pits’ in 2026

By Rowan Calder

Trucks

7 trucks mechanics say never break down

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

California’s $1 billion electric truck rebate program is the largest utility-administered commercial EV incentive in the country

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Tesla doubles down on Berlin battery production with $250 million more and 1,500 new jobs

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

Global EV sales reached 5.6 million in 2026 so far — and China alone accounted for more than half of all units sold

By Rowan Calder

Electric Vehicles

California’s $1 billion electric truck program covers drayage trucks, semis, box trucks, and delivery vans — rebates start June 26

By Rowan Calder

Extreme Weather

The 2026 fire season has already produced more fires than any of the last 10 years — and it’s only mid-May

By Everett Sloane

Nuclear

Spain may rethink its nuclear phase-out as AI data center demand and grid constraints force policymakers to reconsider

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Severe thunderstorm outbreak possible Monday from Texas to Michigan with tornadoes, 80 mph winds, and flooding rain

By Everett Sloane

Extreme Weather

Super El Niño’s odds just doubled to 50% — NOAA says peak heat could arrive by November and break every record

By Everett Sloane