SpaceX plans to launch about five uncrewed Starship missions to Mars in two years. Earlier this month, Musk had said that the first Starships to Mars would launch in two years “when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens. The CEO on Sunday said that the first crewed mission timeline will Read more…
The government of Bhutan is currently holding over $828 million in bitcoin. Unlike most governments, Bhutan’s BTC does not come from law enforcement asset seizures, but from bitcoin mining operations, which have ramped up dramatically since early 2023. Crypto intelligence firm Arkham highlighted the Kingdom of Bhutan’s bitcoin holdings on Read more…
Industrial civilisation is close to breaching a seventh planetary boundary, and may already have crossed it, according to scientists who have compiled the latest report on the state of the world’s life-support systems. Ocean acidification is approaching a critical threshold, particularly in higher-latitude regions, says the latest report on planetary Read more…
An international team of scientists published a peer-reviewed paper Thursday saying genetic evidence indicates the coronavirus pandemic most likely originated with a natural spillover from an animal or animals sold in a market in Wuhan, China, where many of the first human cases of covid-19 were identified. The paper, which Read more…
Scientists in Brazil found microplastics in the brain tissue of cadavers, according to a new study published Monday in the journal JAMA Network Open. Mounting research over the last few years has found microplastics in nearly every organ in the body, as well as in the bloodstream and in plaque Read more…
Google’s philanthropic arm is partially funding a new initiative that aims to deploy more than 50 small satellites in low-Earth orbit to pinpoint flare-ups as small as a classroom anywhere in the world. The FireSat constellation, managed by a nonprofit called Earth Fire Alliance (EFA), will be the first satellite Read more…
Two astronauts, billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, completed the world’s first private spacewalk outside a SpaceX capsule, testing new spacesuits and procedures in a risky mission that pushes the boundaries of commercial spaceflight. The astronauts on the Polaris Dawn mission went one at a time, each spending Read more…