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

DJ Screw’s Sound Shaped Hip-Hop Hits In The Digital Era. Now, His Music Is Finally Heading To DSPs

By: Preezy Brown

On: June 4, 2026

DJ Screw‘s impact on Hip-Hop is larger than a longhorn grazing in

The Naders talk style, sunglasses and which sister always speaks up when she ‘doesn’t like an outfit’

By: Hannah Southwick

On: June 4, 2026

The sisters who style together, stay together. QUAY All eyes are on

John Timmer

DJ Screw’s Sound Shaped Hip-Hop Hits In The Digital Era. Now, His Music Is Finally Heading To DSPs

The Naders talk style, sunglasses and which sister always speaks up when she ‘doesn’t like an outfit’

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