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NASA inspector general suggests Boeing's Starliner will now be a decade late

Starliner's certification may be delayed to 2027, 10 years later than Boeing's original schedule.

A space history mystery: What happened to the Viking arm used 50 years ago?

A timely tale about a 50-year-old robotic arm...

The weirdness of neutrinos could completely rewrite particle physics

A philosopher has put forward an argument for rethinking how particles are defined within the standard model of particle…

SpudCell: The first synthetic cell with a complete cell cycle

# Summary Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created SpudCell, a fully synthetic cell made from 36…

For First Time, a Cell Built from Scratch Grows and Divides

Scientists have successfully created a synthetic cell from nonliving components that grows, replicates its DNA, and…

This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. and It's Manmade

A type of fibre that stimulates GLP-1 release approved for use in food

A form of fibre that boosts the release of the hunger-reducing hormone GLP-1 has been approved as safe by a European…

Internal Combustion Engine

The article explains how internal combustion engines work by building up from basic mechanical principles.

Scientists find no link between Tylenol and autism, again, after Trump warning

After Trump's claims, Tylenol usage dropped during pregnancies.

Slowdown of AMOC ocean current may be gradual and reversible

Scientists worry that a surge of meltwater from Greenland could irreversibly collapse the Atlantic Meridional…

Single Dose of Frog-Derived Gut Bacterium Eradicates 100% of Tumors in Mice

A newly published study reports that a single intravenous dose of *Ewingella americana*, a bacterium isolated from…

The first early human eggs from stem cells

Conception announced it has successfully generated the first early human egg cells from stem cells, converting blood…

ArXiv's Next Chapter

On July 1, 2026, arXiv will become an independent nonprofit organization after spinning out from Cornell University,…

June research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

Also, the science of poop's distinctive shape, boron buckyballs, and the secret to a soccer feint.

NASA may send a backup, nuclear-powered Mars rover to the Moon

"That would be an awesome capability."

Morbid: Debunking Modern Longevity Science

https://archive.md/wSjtj Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48738606 Points: 17 # Comments: 9

Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first

Realta Fusion showed it could generate electricity from a fusion reaction, no steam turbine required.

The world's fastest spider tops 3.5 metres per second

The most comprehensive database ever compiled of how fast arachnids can run has shown how leg anatomy and evolutionary…

Blue Origin still doesn’t know why its New Glenn rocket blew up last month

But the company is still claiming that New Glenn will return to flight this year.

The US going 100% EV by 2040 would save more than 100k lives, study says

Much of it comes from heavy-duty trucks and buses that burn diesel.

The most detailed survey of the universe ever conducted starts now

The Vera C.

This physicist is hunting for the biggest black hole in the universe

Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies.

Babies are born with the neural foundations for maths

Brain recordings from newborns reveal the first neural evidence that humans are born with an innate sense of numbers

I’m the first person whose life was saved by CRISPR base editing

When standard leukaemia treatments failed, 13-year-old Alyssa Tapley was told she had only weeks left – but then she was…

Should every baby's DNA be sequenced?

Exercise intensity influences body composition in healthy older adults

Antares Achieves Criticality of Mark-0 Reactor

Antares has become the first private company to achieve criticality of its Mark-0 microreactor at Idaho National…

Watch: Young bald eagle takes first flight in California

A popular stream set up by the Friends of Big Bear Valley caught the moment a juvenile eagle nicknamed Luna spread its…

300k-Year-Old Cave Site Explored in Northern Israel

Researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa have discovered evidence of human…