In Space, Regulators Seek To Boldly Go Where No Bureaucrat Has Gone Before

New photonic device efficiently beams light into free space

A Big Night Light in the Sky? Start-Up Wants to Launch a Space Mirror

The levels of elite cultural esteem once lauded on Bellow and Updike are gone forever. Prestige fiction is dead — and that isn’t entirely a bad thing

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Blood cancer has not abated the verbose, sardonic, and unpredictable Will Self’s rage with the literary world

The Next Cuban Revolution Could Be Peaceful

Casting Off in Heraclitus’ River

You Can Still Improve as You Age—With the Right Mindset

Consumers or Workers First?

Louisiana Requires 500 Hours of Training To Braid Hair Professionally. This Bill Would Increase It.

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Where Have All the Pithiatics Gone?

Why This Region of Space Appears to Be Populated by Snowmen

Back to Space for India

SpaceX Could Go Public in 2026. What Does That Mean for Space Exploration?

Schmidt Sciences Announces Plan for Lazuli, a Private Space Telescope

Space Age Technology Reveals Secrets of Bronze Age Sword

The Dark History of Space Medicine

I Track Space Debris As It Crashes to Earth

Astronaut Brains Change Shape in Space

NASA Mulls Ending Space Station Crew-11 Mission Early after Astronaut Suffers Medical Issue