Aerospace
SpaceX to Attempt Another Rocket Landing Sunday
Private spaceflight company will try to land the first stage of its two-stage Falcon 9 rocket on an uncrewed ship in the Pacific
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Flying Battleship, 1915
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: December 25, 1915
Technology
So Your Neighbor Got a Drone for Christmas
Can you stop them from flying it over your house? No one knows, and that is a big problem for the drone industry
The Sciences
Japan Orbiter Seeks a Second Shot at Venus [Update]
Five years after a failed insertion into planet's orbit, Akatsuki tries again
The Sciences
The U.S. Should Lead the World away from a Space War
Superpowers are flexing military muscles in orbit, but the U.S. can lead the world away from a planetary disaster
The Sciences
Political and Industry Leaders Make a Case for Basic Research
At the “Innovation: An American Imperative” symposium October 20 on Capitol Hill, industry leaders and members of Congress talked about shoring up federal support for basic research and development ...
Technology
A Silent Supersonic Jet?
Commercial travel on supersonic jets never took off because of the sonic boom these aircraft make as they rip through the atmosphere. But NASA's success visualizing the shock waves could lead to advances in jet design that make these ultra-fast aircraft quieter and ultimately commercially viable...
Technology
Confirmed: Wing Part Is From Missing Malaysia Airlines Flight
The large piece of wing could offer up clues for authorities hoping to locate the rest of the airplane and determine what happened to the ill-fated aircraft
A New Billion-Mile Journey for New Horizons
NASA's New Horizons team decide on their next target, a classical Kuiper Belt object that can be reached by January 2019, but the agency must still approve funds for this extended science mission...
Dogfight against Rogue Drones Begins
Close encounters between aircraft pilots and unlicensed drones in the U.S...
3 Years into Its Mission, Curiosity's Stunning Martian Panorama
NASA's Curiosity rover provides a beautiful, scientifically appetizing view of what's ahead on Mount Sharp on Mars
Space & Physics
War in Space May Be Closer Than Ever
China, Russia and the U.S. are developing and testing controversial new capabilities to wage war in space despite their denial of such work
Technology
On-Demand Satellites Can Shoot High-Def Video of Your Car
New commercial satellites that promise constant close-ups of Earth are a boon to emergency responders and police but also raise privacy concerns
Technology
Future Flying Car Solves Parallel Parking Problem
Terrafugia’s latest car–plane mashup concept would cut the flying car learning curve
Space & Physics
Pluto's Barnacled Beauty
Early images from New Horizons' encounter with Pluto reveal an extraordinary surface of strange mountains and varying deposits of light and dark material
Space & Physics
Betting Lots of Quatloos on the Search for Alien Civilizations, Part 2
Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos
Space & Physics
Betting Lots of Quatloos on the Search for Alien Civilizations (Part 1)
Stephen Hawking and entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner announce a $100-million, 10-year initiative to look for signs of intelligent life in the cosmos
Space & Physics
Alien Intelligence Search Gets Major New Push
Entrepreneur and former physicist Yuri Milner talks about the just-announced $100-million Breakthrough Listen Project to search for extraterrestrial technological civilizations ...
Space & Physics
Private Space Endeavors Move Forward after String of Accidents
NASA chooses astronauts to fly on commercial missions
The Sciences
70 Years Since the First A-Bomb, Humanity Still Lives in Its Afterglow
Iran’s attempt to develop nuclear weapons will not be the last challenge faced in a journey that began with the world’s first fission bomb test during World War II
