SpaceX spending on Starship tops $15 billion in rush for airline-like rocketry
SpaceX has spent more than $15 billion developing its next-generation Starship rocket, according to the company’s IPO registration reviewed
May 01, 2026SpaceX has spent more than $15 billion developing its next-generation Starship rocket, according to the company’s IPO registration reviewed
May 01, 2026
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May 01, 2026
Elon Musk testified for more than seven hours over three days this week at a trial in Oakland, California, over the future of OpenAI, casting his lawsuit against the owner of ChatGPT
May 01, 2026
New Zealanders are working to bring the kiwi back to the hills around Wellington
May 01, 2026
Meta is raising the prospect of shutting down social media services in New Mexico in response to a push by state prosecutors for fundamental changes to platforms, including Instagram, to protect the mental health and safety of children
May 01, 2026
U.S. medical device maker Stryker on Thursday maintained its full-year profit outlook but missed Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit and revenue, weighed down by softer
May 01, 2026
How a speculative story about dead and missing scientists went from the fringe to the White House
May 01, 2026
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May 01, 2026
Advances in genetic engineering have enabled researchers to seek ways to program new life. But has synthetic biology actually changed medicine and the environment, nearly two decades on?
May 01, 2026
Elon Musk testified during tense cross-examination on Thursday that he knew about early discussions around turning
April 30, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump named radiologist and Fox News contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier as his pick for U.S.
April 30, 2026
Elon Musk on Thursday sparred with an attorney for OpenAI during his third day of testimony in the contentious trial over the company’s pivot from nonprofit status to a for-profit venture valued at hundreds of billions of dollars
May 01, 2026
Elon Musk’s courtroom showdown with Sam Altman started this week. The biggest takeaways so far
May 01, 2026
USGS report finds hundreds of thousands of metric tons of lithium oxide in Maine, New Hampshire
May 01, 2026
The U.S.
April 30, 2026
Proposed mega data center draws concerns over 'heat island effect'
May 01, 2026
Riverfront workshops use rain barrels to protect the Great Lakes and reduce backyard flooding
May 01, 2026
Trump pulls controversial surgeon general pick and makes third nomination for the role
May 01, 2026
Florida voters don’t like Gov. DeSantis’ redistricting plans, but it doesn’t tend to be a vote-determining issue.
April 30, 2026
A celestial double feature in May — two full moons
April 30, 2026
A Tennessee solar developer is betting that cattle-grazing and solar panels can coexist — and benefit farmers as well as the electric grid
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s order as it tries to cut the number of vaccines recommended for every child in the United States
April 30, 2026
As artificial intelligence permeates workplaces, it's changing the nature of jobs and how people do them
April 30, 2026
Hezbollah has introduced fiber-optic drones in its conflict with Israel
April 30, 2026
Technology startup Netomi has raised $110 million in a Series C funding round led by Accenture Ventures, the startup’s chief executive told Reuters this week.
April 30, 2026
The Supreme Court’s ruling that a Black-majority voting district in Louisiana is unconstitutional adds to a long and dismal history of government attempts to limit the power of minority voters.
April 30, 2026
Some simple steps can help keep you tick-free as you enjoy the outdoors.
April 30, 2026
AI real estate tools promise big savings for homebuyers
April 30, 2026
A case involving the potential dangers of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer sold as Roundup, could affect broader consumer-protection efforts.
April 30, 2026
Each study adds a piece to the puzzle of scientific knowledge. But any one study on its own doesn’t tell you all that much.
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration fired the entire board that oversees the National Science Foundation, raising an age-old question about the separation of science and state.
April 30, 2026
Astronauts report feeling profoundly awestruck when they go to space, an anthropologist reports. This experience shapes their perspectives even back on Earth.
April 30, 2026
This company says nuclear fusion could finally power the grid — and soon
April 30, 2026
Italy's antitrust authority said on Thursday it had closed investigations into three AI companies over allegedly unfair commercial practices involving generative artificial
April 30, 2026
Delta Electronics, a major provider of power supply and cooling solutions for AI datacentres, warned that it expects costs to rise in the coming quarters,
April 30, 2026
A new survey finds teenagers are more likely to get news from nontraditional sources like social media and influencers than their elders are
April 30, 2026
China exported large quantities of a speciality rare earth used in aerospace and chipmaking to the U.S. in March, customs data showed, in a sign that
April 30, 2026
Companies developing cannabis-based medicines say U.S. moves to loosen restrictions on the drug could unlock private funding and the public
April 30, 2026
Samsung Electronics said on Thursday it expects to win more deals to manufacture logic chips using its advanced 2 nanometer process in the near future, adding it has been
April 30, 2026
Glencore said on Thursday its first‑quarter copper production rose 19%, benefiting from improved ore grades in Africa, while its marketing division remains on track to
April 30, 2026
An American scientist convicted of lying to U.S. authorities about payments from China while he was at Harvard University has rebuilt his research lab in
April 30, 2026
Strong demand for AI computing equipment in China has nearly doubled prices for Nvidia's B300 servers to about 7 million yuan ($1
April 30, 2026
Major fund managers are heralding a sustained rally in mining and metals as money floods into the sector at the fastest
April 30, 2026
Near the village of Myrotske in central Ukraine, a dozen mine clearers moved painstakingly forward in rows, sweeping metal detectors before
April 30, 2026
Tariffs on digital displays used in TVs and smartphones could help prevent the U.S. military from becoming dependent on China for the critical
April 30, 2026
Ukraine is accelerating the use of artificial intelligence to retain an edge on the battlefield, as the war with Russia enters a new technological phase
April 30, 2026
The Trump administration on Wednesday appealed a federal judge's ruling blocking key elements of Health Secretary Robert F.
April 30, 2026
Meta Platforms raised its annual capital spending forecast on Wednesday, signaling plans to pour billions more into artificial intelligence
April 30, 2026
Trump welcomes Artemis II astronauts to Oval Office — and fields questions on Iran, Comey and UFOs
April 30, 2026
The chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday will call for new efforts to address growing national security concerns over
April 30, 2026
Alphabet topped Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue on Wednesday, as enterprise spending on artificial intelligence delivered the best
April 30, 2026
By Deepa Seetharaman and Max A.
April 29, 2026
Meta Platforms Inc. reports strong first-quarter results, surpassing expectations with significant earnings growth, but the stock slipped in after-hours trading
April 30, 2026
Musk lays out his souring relationship with OpenAI in a second day of testimony
April 29, 2026
Google’s transition into the era of artificial intelligence continued to pay off for its corporate parent, Alphabet Inc., which on Wednesday announced another quarter of the stellar growth that helped to more than double its already lofty market value during the past year
April 30, 2026
At Blue Hill Observatory and Science Center, a weather station 15 miles south of Boston, staff and volunteers have been using many of the same tools to monitor the weather since it opened in 1885
April 29, 2026
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says the majority of Iran’s highly enriched uranium is still believed to be at its Isfahan nuclear complex
April 29, 2026
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is back on Capitol Hill defending the administration's plan to cut in half the EPA's budget
April 29, 2026
Town finally has safe drinking water after 6 years of radium contamination: "Such a relief"
April 30, 2026
The U.S. will give $100 million towards repairs of the vast radiation containment dome at the Chornobyl plant in northern Ukraine, site of the world's worst atomic accident
April 29, 2026
Geofencing warrants round up the location data of everyone in a specific place and time, whether or not they had any connection to a crime – a test of the Fourth Amendment in the digital age.
April 30, 2026
Couple hopes to donate embryos to help others grow their families
April 30, 2026
The fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD was a pivotal moment in human history, when Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed teenage emperor Romulus Augustulus in
April 29, 2026
Family members of victims of one of Canada's deadliest mass shootings sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman in U.S. court on Wednesday,
April 29, 2026
Tornado devastates Texas town on sixth straight day of severe storms
April 29, 2026
Elementary students help shape future of food delivery robots
April 30, 2026
'There's not enough research': Mom suffers three strokes during Fabry Awareness Month
April 30, 2026
California regulators apologized to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as they settled a lawsuit that claimed a state agency showed political bias against the rocket company and its chief executive
April 29, 2026
Proponents of raw milk are pushing to make the unpasteurized product more widely available and easy to obtain
April 29, 2026
Vehicle tracking devices being installed at NYC area airports after plane collided with fire truck
April 29, 2026
The truth behind 7 common lung cancer myths
April 29, 2026
Investigators hope new rendering will aid in 36-year effort to identify Mohave County Jane Doe
April 29, 2026
The families of victims of a school shooting in a remote Canadian Rockies town are suing artificial intelligence company OpenAI in a U.S. federal court, alleging that the ChatGPT maker failed to alert police to the shooter’s alarming interactions with the chatbot
April 29, 2026
'Long road ahead': 13 sloths rescued from Sloth World continue recovery at Central Florida Zoo
April 29, 2026
AbbVie on Wednesday reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit, fueled by demand for newer immunology drugs Skyrizi and
April 29, 2026
Dozens of cancer cases in N.J. could be linked to contaminants at former landfill
April 29, 2026
This change frees researchers to study cannabis products that most consumers encounter when buying medical marijuana – which could accelerate its treatment potential.
April 29, 2026
Measuring US weapons stockpiles sheds light on future constraints and what Russia and China may learn from the Iran war.
April 29, 2026
The 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar was moved from summer to winter because of the threat of extreme heat
April 29, 2026
In the days after the PayPal IPO in 2002, Elon Musk and company executives gathered at a Las Vegas casino to celebrate.
April 29, 2026
OpenAI wants to put its most powerful model at all levels of government to fight hackers
April 29, 2026
This ‘miracle tree’ can filter more than 98% of microplastics from tap water
April 29, 2026
Takeaways from day 1 of the Elon Musk and Sam Altman trial
April 29, 2026
Demand for Huawei's Ascend 950 AI chips has surged following the release of DeepSeek's V4 artificial intelligence model that runs on the Shenzhen-based tech firm's chips,
April 29, 2026
A barge carrying a stranded humpback whale nicknamed Timmy has begun its journey toward the North Sea
April 29, 2026
The rapid expansion of critical mineral extraction is trading away human and ecological well-being for technological breakthroughs. There are ways to fix this.
April 29, 2026
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, overseen by Secretary Robert F.
April 29, 2026
A U.S. advisory committee appointed by Health Secretary Robert F.
April 29, 2026
Destruction of the world's tropical forests eased in 2025 from a record high, a report showed on Wednesday, underscoring how decisive policy can
April 29, 2026
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world’s largest contract chipmaker, has sold its remaining stake in Arm Holdings, according to a company filing
April 29, 2026
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on Tuesday adopted new regulations for autonomous vehicles, allowing manufacturers to test and deploy heavy-duty driverless
April 29, 2026
The White House is developing guidance that could allow federal agencies to sidestep Anthropic's supply-chain risk designation and onboard new artificial intelligence models,
April 29, 2026
Elon Musk took the stand on Tuesday at a high-stakes trial over the future of OpenAI, casting his lawsuit against the
April 28, 2026
Deadly severe storm outbreak enters sixth day as threat shifts east
April 27, 2026
Ministers and officials are gathered in Colombia for a high-level conference aimed at accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels, with financing emerging as a key challenge
April 29, 2026
The spacecraft that flew four astronauts around the moon is back where its record-breaking journey began
April 29, 2026
Amazon, which hires hundreds of thousands of workers every year for the holiday rush, on Tuesday introduced new software meant to speed up the
April 28, 2026
The Trump administration has indicted a former National Institutes of Health official over allegations of evading federal records requests related to COVID-19 pandemic
April 29, 2026
U.S.
April 29, 2026
Joby Aviation is conducting a week-long test of the first point-to-point air taxi demonstration flights in New York City as the company gets closer to winning
April 29, 2026
NXP Semiconductors forecast second-quarter revenue and profit above Wall Street expectations on Tuesday, betting on an ongoing recovery in the industrial and automotive chip
April 29, 2026
Duracell, the battery maker owned by Berkshire Hathaway, must face a lawsuit accusing it of stealing trade secrets related to German chemical company BASF's
April 29, 2026
Elon Musk testifies in a case that could change the path of AI
April 28, 2026
The U.S.
April 29, 2026
SpaceX's board has approved a compensation plan for founder Elon Musk with goals as futuristic and celestial as the company's ambitions: colonizing Mars and running
April 28, 2026
Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO, world’s richest man and OpenAI’s cofounder, took the stand Tuesday in a high-stakes trial revolving around a bitter feud between himself and former friends Sam Altman and Greg Brockman that could reshape the future development of artificial intelligence
April 28, 2026
Amazon announced what it called a “major expansion” of its partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Tuesday, a day after the artificial intelligence company said it was loosening its ties to longtime backer Microsoft
April 29, 2026
DNR begins stocking 20 million fish across more than 1,000 Michigan lakes and streams
April 29, 2026
Ukraine’s defense minister says the country's armed forces shot down more than 33,000 Russian drones of various types in March, a record monthly figure since Moscow launched its all-out invasion more than four years ago
April 28, 2026
Extinct butterfly at San Francisco Presidio being replaced with close relative
April 29, 2026
OpenAI is now offering its latest AI models and its Codex coding agent on Amazon's cloud services platform, the companies said on Tuesday
April 28, 2026
'You can lose someone at any second': Wife of man killed in Pewaukee lightning strike warns others ahead of severe weather
April 29, 2026
Sonoita vying to become next Napa
April 29, 2026
Members of Congress from both major U.S. political parties joined to propose new legislation this week related to artificial intelligence, as they aimed to tackle
April 28, 2026
5 bald eagles found dead in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, prompting DNR investigation
April 28, 2026
The ability of central banks and financial regulators to monitor and combat the risks posed by powerful artificial intelligence models such as Anthropic’s
April 28, 2026
T-Mobile on Tuesday launched a new internet offering for businesses, combining its 5G network with Starlink's satellite backup to serve companies
April 28, 2026
Nuclear medicine being called new frontier in cancer care: "A new era"
April 28, 2026
Don’t blame the weatherman. A meteorologist explains where your local weather forecasts really come from, and how storm scientists are trying to fill the gap.
April 28, 2026
Fire Chief seeks kidney donor as genetic disease worsens, highlighting disparities for Black patients
April 28, 2026
You can change a stolen password or credit card, but you can’t reset your face when your biometric data is breached.
April 28, 2026
Combining AI with quantum computing could enable doctors and researchers to analyze the human body at an unprecedented molecular level, unlocking breakthroughs in personalized medicine. Yet significant quantum technology hurdles remain before this vision becomes reality.
April 28, 2026
The US military helped create the first flu vaccine to keep service members in action – and the logic for requiring vaccination has not changed.
April 28, 2026
Tracking glucose numbers in real time is an increasingly popular wellness trend, but monitoring a constant stream of data can lead to confusion and needless anxiety.
April 28, 2026
Research shows that social isolation plays a major role in quality of life and risk of death in people with COPD.
April 28, 2026
While these Southern states made some gains in reading, they weren’t evenly felt across different student populations.
April 28, 2026
How electronic warfare is sowing confusion in cockpits
April 28, 2026
Rare Earths Americas kicked off the roadshow for its U.S. initial public offering on Tuesday, aiming for a valuation of up to $368.4 million, as investor interest
April 28, 2026
An attempt to remove a stranded humpback whale from shallow waters off Germany's Baltic coast began on Tuesday, after four weeks of intense public
April 28, 2026
Alphabet's Google joined a growing list of technology firms to sign a deal with the U.S.
April 28, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration has terminated the entire National Science Board of more than 20 members, two fired members of the board said
April 28, 2026
Millions face the threat of dangerous storms capable of producing tornadoes and hail up to baseball size or larger. CNN News Central's Sara Sidner gets the latest forecast from CNN Meteorologist Chris Warren.
April 27, 2026
Twin tornadoes were observed in a rural area near Foraker, Oklahoma, as severe storms could threaten parts of the Midwest.
April 27, 2026
Canada is still reviewing its plan to buy 88 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, Defence Minister David McGuinty said on Monday, adding that Ottawa could also purchase some
April 28, 2026
The United States and Iran clashed at the United Nations on Monday over Tehran's nuclear program and its selection to be one of dozens of vice presidents at a
April 28, 2026
By Jeffrey Dastin and Max A.
April 28, 2026
Microsoft
April 28, 2026
"Make America Healthy Again" activists rallied at the U.S.
April 28, 2026
The Supreme Court seems divided over whether to block thousands of lawsuits alleging the maker of the weedkiller Roundup failed to warn people it could cause cancer
April 28, 2026
Cadence Design Systems raised its full-year revenue forecast on Monday, betting that sustained, heavy investment in specialized artificial intelligence processors will continue to
April 28, 2026
President Donald Trump's administration said on Monday that it had reached a deal to end two more U.S. offshore wind leases in exchange for $885 million in
April 28, 2026
The United States and Iran have clashed over Tehran’s nuclear program as a review of the treaty meant to prevent the spread of atomic weapons got underway at the United Nations
April 28, 2026
Heavy rain slowed the progress of two sprawling southern Georgia wildfires over the weekend, allowing crews to make some progress in containing the blazes that have destroyed more than 100 homes
April 27, 2026
Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires’ once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence
April 25, 2026
A Cape Cod seafood company has donated a rare two-colored lobster to a science center, sparing the critter from the kettle because of its remarkable coloration
April 28, 2026
The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation
April 27, 2026
Prosecutors say the suspect in the killings of two University of South Florida doctoral students from Bangladesh had asked ChatGPT days before the pair went missing what would happen if a human body was put in a garbage bag and thrown in a dumpster
April 27, 2026
Italy has extradited to the U.S. a Chinese man wanted by authorities there on hacking charges that include stealing COVID-19 medical research, Italian police said on Monday
April 26, 2026
Archaeologists at Pompeii have used artificial intelligence to digitally reconstruct the face of a man killed in the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius
April 27, 2026
Microsoft and OpenAI renegotiated a pact that let Microsoft exclusively sell the ChatGPT creator's artificial intelligence models,
April 27, 2026
The U.S.
April 27, 2026
School district pilots new artificial intelligence program inside classrooms
April 28, 2026
Federal health officials are investigating an outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to backyard poultry that has sickened at least 34 people since February
April 28, 2026
Anglers reel in invasive species at 2026 Southwest Florida Invasive Freshwater Fish Roundup
April 28, 2026
13 surviving sloths from Sloth World delivered to Central Florida Zoo in Sanford
April 28, 2026
The bitter legal fight between Elon Musk and the leading artificial intelligence firm, OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, may come down to a few
April 27, 2026
Conservations say a Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra
April 27, 2026
Augmented-reality helmets to change firefighting
April 28, 2026
Voyager 1 has little time left in interstellar space. An ambitious ‘Big Bang’ fix may change that
April 27, 2026
South Carolina’s measles outbreak, which was the worst in the U.S. in more than 35 years, is over
April 27, 2026
Britain's plans to ban future generations from buying cigarettes will become law this week, ushering in a policy still overshadowed by
April 27, 2026
When Amazon began selling books online, many feared traditional bookstores such as Barnes & Noble would fade into obsolescence.
April 27, 2026
China ordered U.S. tech giant Meta to unwind its $2 billion-plus acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus on Monday, as Beijing tightens scrutiny of
April 27, 2026
Johnson & Johnson is using artificial intelligence to slash by half the time it takes to generate new leads for developing drugs, the company's chief
April 27, 2026
The southeastern US has been in drought for months. With the wind and unusually low humidity, it’s facing perfect conditions for wildfires spreading.
April 24, 2026
China has banned a planned acquisition of the AI startup Manus following a probe into Meta’s planned purchase of the firm
April 27, 2026
Microsoft said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom
April 27, 2026
Around 60 governments, including Brazil, Germany, Canada and Nigeria, will hold the first international meeting this week to discuss phasing out fossil
April 27, 2026
The rise of artificial intelligence is prompting college students to second-guess their career paths
April 27, 2026
AI’s apparent inability to generate interesting and unique images and videos is becoming harder to ignore.
April 27, 2026
China blocks Meta’s acquisition of Chinese-founded AI startup Manus
April 27, 2026
You can feel wet when you can see water and when you can’t see water. You can also feel dry even when there’s a lot of water vapor in the air – like during a fire.
April 27, 2026
Drug developers Seaport Therapeutics and Hemab Therapeutics launched their U.S. initial public offerings on Monday, seeking to capitalize on a growing investor appetite for new
April 27, 2026
Qualcomm shares jumped 13% in premarket trading on Monday after an analyst said OpenAI was working with the chip designer and Taiwan's MediaTek to develop smartphone processors.
April 27, 2026