Elon Musk intensifies attack on Ambani over Starlink India launch delay
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Meet Alexander Miller, the 18-year-old California student who built a quantum-error mitigation method that beat two leading approaches across 100,000 test cases and won a $25,000 Davidson scholarship
An 18-year-old student from Irvine, California, has been named a 2026 Davidson Fellow and awarded a $25,000 scholarship for developing a quantum computing
Rotterdam dredges millions of cubic metres of mud from its waterways; researchers are turning the waste into bricks without firing or cement
Rotterdam’s waterways require constant dredging to keep the port’s channels and basins navigable, producing millions of cubic metres of sediment each year.
Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines used at many data centers | TechCrunch
Batteries are now cheaper than natural gas turbines as the data center boom pushes prices up.
White House on Trump purchasing SpaceX debt before space order: ‘No conflicts of interest’
The White House said Friday there was no conflict of interest when President Trump’s accounts bought more than $1 million in SpaceX debt two days before he signed an executive order on space transportation policy. The president’s financial disclosure for August, published Thursday, shows Trump’s accounts purchased between $1 million and $5 million in senior…
Pennsylvania awarded $277,200 to permanently protect 27 acres near Pittsburgh; officials estimate the woodland can absorb 22.5 million gallons of rainwater and sequester over 100,000 pounds of carbon a year
A 27-acre stretch of woodland near Pittsburgh is set to receive permanent protection with the help of $277,200 in state funding.
In a commercial wind-farm test, operators deliberately yawed an upstream turbine away from the wind; the downstream turbine gained about 14%, lifting the pair’s output by 4%
Discover how a groundbreaking experiment at a commercial wind farm used wake steering to increase energy output by adjusting turbine angles, enhancing efficiency, and overcoming wake effects.
Xona's commercial GPS alternative is about to go live | TechCrunch
Xona's precision timing and navigation service will enter beta testing after SpaceX launches six satellites designed by the company.
Scientists analysed 103 bat genomes and 44 fossils; their findings point to Europe as the likely birthplace of bats, challenging decades of evolutionary theories
For decades, scientists have debated where bats first evolved, with Africa, Asia and North America among the proposed origins of the only mammals capable
In 2004, Kris Tompkins’ conservation organisation acquired a 174,500-acre Chilean ranch and began restoring its grasslands and wildlife; in 2018 the ranch became part of a national park within a wider conservation effort that has helped protect nearly 15 million acres
A vast Chilean ranch once used for livestock farming took a different path when Kris Tompkins arranged for her nonprofit, Conservación Patagónica, to
Amazon’s Starlink competitor is still launching this year.
Despite not deploying any new space-internet satellites since early July because of issues at launch partners, Amazon says it’s still on track “to launch initial service in 2026” with its existing 396 Leo satellites. “We’re still doing work to raise them into final position, and then you know there’s a lot of work on the ground to do,” says Amazon VP Chris Weber. Early adopters should temper expectations, however, until the Leo constellation gets closer to its goal of 3,232 satellites. [Link: Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year | https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/10/amazon-builds-1000th-satellite-is-weeks-away-from-space-internet-rollout/ | Ars Technica]
Michael Dell, biggest donor to Trump Accounts, defends change in rules; says: Hard for me to believe that's a bad thing, these children are going to somehow be negatively ...
Michael Dell has come out strongly in defense of updated federal regulations governing Trump Accounts, dismissing warnings from skeptics who claim that
Nasa struggled to find a safe sampling site on asteroid Bennu; Queen guitarist Brian May used his little-known 3D imaging skills to reveal its treacherous terrain
A rock musician working at a computer might seem an unlikely figure in an asteroid-sampling mission, but Brian May brought a specialist skill to Nasa’s
Starlink: Why Elon Musk is taking on Mukesh Ambani and Jio over satellite internet
Musk has taken pot-shots at Reliance owner Mukesh Ambani as Starlink struggles to launch in India.
Norway turned 20 tonnes of aluminium from a decommissioned oil platform into a 55-metre pedestrian bridge
Norway has given old oil-industry material a very different purpose, turning 20 tonnes of aluminium recovered from the decommissioned Gyda oil platform
Billionaire Donald Bren led the permanent protection of more than 57,500 acres of California’s historic Irvine Ranch, nearly 60% of the property; almost 40,000 acres later received National Natural Landmark status
Billionaire real-estate developer Donald Bren helped turn a significant portion of California’s historic Irvine Ranch into a vast network of protected
Once near extinction, these giant tortoises now outnumber people in the Seychelles, survey finds
Giant tortoises once pushed to the brink of extinction now outnumber humans in their home of the Seychelles, according to a new survey on one of the African...
Rumbling volcano forces immediate trail closures at popular vacation hot spot
The Kīlauea volcano shows renewed spattering at two vents as USGS scientists monitor for a possible 55th episode of lava fountains at the summit.