Cracking the code: How a 'prediction machine' is resurrecting the Singapore Stone

Several years ago, my linguistic research team and I began developing a computational tool we call "Read-y Grammarian." Our ...

Turing Award winner Tony Hoare, computing pioneer who invented the Quicksort algorithm for a sixpence bet, dies at the age of 92

"You know, you shouldn't trust us intelligent programmers." ...
Scientific American

Is this where China’s astronauts will land on the moon?

An obscure lunar region called Rimae Bode is emerging as a high-priority landing site for China’s first crewed moon mission ...

A Wisconsin teen vanished after a first date. How a phone app and security video helped lead to her killer

In April 2024, college student Sade Robinson, 19, went on a first date and never came home. Her car was found set on fire 3 ...
People

Astronaut’s Ex-Wife Sentenced for Lying That Former Spouse Committed First Ever Crime in Space

Summer Heather Worden, the ex-wife of NASA astronaut Anne McClain, has been sentenced to three months in federal prison and ordered to pay $210,000 in restitution The ex-wife of NASA astronaut Anne ...
The Diplomat

How Did Japan’s Space Program Evolve?

Japan’s national space agency – the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – was established in 2003, but the history of Japan’s space programs dates all the way back to early developments in ...
The Motley Fool

Forget the SpaceX IPO: 1 No-Brainer Stock to Buy Hand Over First for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Space Economy

SpaceX is rumored to be considering an initial public offering this year. CEO Elon Musk announced that SpaceX merged with xAI. Another "Magnificent Seven" stock offers investors more insulated access ...
Ars Technica

US House takes first step toward creating “commercial” deep space program

A US House committee with oversight of NASA unanimously passed a “reauthorization” act for the space agency on Wednesday. The legislation must still be approved by the full House before being sent to ...
New York Post

To the moon! Inside the outer space hotels prepping to welcome guests as soon as 2032

When you really want to get away from it all, sometimes even a remote island isn’t remote enough. Thankfully, if a clutch of sky-high thinking entrepreneurs and designers have their way, we will soon ...
CNN

She was supposed to be the first teacher in space. 40 years later, her mission continues

NASA’s Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off 40 years ago with an unusual crew. In addition to six astronauts, the mission took flight with a teacher on board. Christa McAuliffe, the first educator ...
ExtremeTech

The World's First Commercial Space Station Is Nearly Ready to Launch

The Haven-1 commercial space station is being prepped for its impending launch, Ars Technica reported Tuesday. Although it's just a trial run for future endeavours, its developer, Vast, hopes to one ...
InfoWorld

Java 27 gets its first feature

JDK 27, due in September, kicks off with a post-quantum hybrid key exchange proposal to bolster the security of network communications. Java Development Kit (JDK) 27, a release of standard Java ...