SpaceX launches mission to bring Starliner astronauts back to Earth
Enlarge / SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft climbs away from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Saturday atop a Falcon 9 rocket. NASA/Keegan…
Report: Apple changes film strategy, will rarely do wide theatrical releases
Enlarge / A still from Wolfs, an Apple-produced film starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. Apple For the past few years, Apple has…
Tiny dancer: Ana de Armas is a fierce assassin in Ballerina trailer
Ana de Armas stars as dancer/assassin Eve Macarro in From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. John Wick fans hoping for a fifth…
Bird flu is spreading rapidly in California; infected herds double over weekend
Enlarge / Cows being milked in Wisconsin on May 8, 2024. Getty | Matthew Ludak The H5N1 bird flu appears to be stampeding…
Vaporizing plastics recycles them into nothing but gas
Enlarge Derek Berwin Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are…
Ars is seeking a seasoned senior reporter for all things Google
Enlarge / If you get hired for this position, you’ll be provided an assistant. It’s this guy. This guy is your assistant. His…
“Dead Internet theory” comes to life with new AI-powered social media app
Enlarge gremlin via Getty Images For the past few years, a conspiracy theory called “Dead Internet theory” has picked up speed as large…
A key NASA commercial partner faces severe financial challenges
Enlarge / Rendering of an individual crew quarter within the Axiom habitat module. Axiom Space Axiom Space is facing significant financial headwinds as…
So what are we to make of the highly ambitious, private Polaris spaceflight?
Enlarge / Crew Dragon enters Earth’s atmosphere on Sunday morning as recovery boats await. Polaris Program/John Kraus A white spacecraft, lightly toasted like…
Bizarre, nine-day seismic signal caused by epic landslide in Greenland
Enlarge Jason Edwards via Getty Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We…
Navy captains don’t like abandoning ship—but with Starliner, the ship left them
Enlarge / NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams wave to their families, friends, and NASA officials on their way to the launch…
Unicode 16.0 release with new emoji brings character count to 154,998
Enlarge / Emojipedia sample images of the new Unicode 16.0 emoji. Emojipedia The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the…
Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have
Enlarge Aurich Lawson | Getty Images It’s not every day that a security researcher acquires the ability to generate counterfeit HTTPS certificates, track…
NASA will proceed with final preps to launch Europa Clipper next month
Enlarge / The main body of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is reflected in one of the mission’s deployable solar array wings during testing…
Equal Opportunity Community Initiative
Describe the project (goals, requirements and outcome): Goals & Challenges EOCI needed a website that could effectively communicate their mission and facilitate engagement…