John Timmer

Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time

On: May 29, 2026

Peer review now optional, political staff would screen grants for forbidden topics. Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), during a television interview at the White House in Washington, DC, on Monday, July 7, 2025. Credit: Getty | Al Drago Last August, the Trump administration issuedContinue Reading

Turning the Moon into a fuel depot will take a lot of power

By: John Timmer

On: February 17, 2025

In: Technology

Getting oxygen from regolith takes 24 kWh per kilogram, and we’d need tonnes. Without adjustments for relativity, clocks here and on the Moon would rapidly diverge. Credit: NASA If humanity is ever to spread out into the Solar System, we’re going to need to find a way to put fuelContinue Reading

Period, Queen! Celine Dion Makes On-Stage Comeback Following Battle With Stiff Person Syndrome (PHOTOS +VIDEO)

By: Cassandra Santiago

On: September 14, 2026

She hit the high F, held it, then blew out a breath

Bob Mackie Dies: Fashion Designer To The Stars Who Dressed Cher, Carol Burnett And Many More Was 87

By: Patrick Hipes

On: September 14, 2026

Bob Mackie, the Oscar-nominated and Tony- and Emmy-winning fashion designer who dressed

John Timmer

Period, Queen! Celine Dion Makes On-Stage Comeback Following Battle With Stiff Person Syndrome (PHOTOS +VIDEO)

Bob Mackie Dies: Fashion Designer To The Stars Who Dressed Cher, Carol Burnett And Many More Was 87

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