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

SoundBoost Bets Big on Natural Language Music Mastering & Mixing

By: Rubi Pepper

On: July 30, 2026

Photo Credit: SoundBoost Most AI mastering and mixing tools still translate creative

Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 17 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts

By: Lawanda Howe

On: July 30, 2026

The death toll from the powerful earthquake that hit Japan on Tuesday

John Timmer

SoundBoost Bets Big on Natural Language Music Mastering & Mixing

Death toll in Japan earthquake rises to 17 as aftershock and heat complicate rescue efforts

Take Fauci to SCOTUS?