Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build NASA’s lunar lander
NASA picked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to receive $2.9 billion to build a lunar lander as part of the Artemis mission to send humans to the Moon by 2024, the agency announced today. It’s a major vote of confidence in SpaceX from NASA — as no other company received money. The […]
This Week in Cars: Hyundai Santa Cruz, Q4 e-tron, and a Bentley
Our trip through the week’s stories, including Hyundai’s new small pickup, the Q4 e-tron, and two 12-cylinder engines.
Samsung HW-Q700A
The Samsung HW-Q700A is a 3.1.2 setup from the manufacturer’s 2021 lineup. It has a pretty neutral sound profile out-of-the-box that’s suitable for listening to lots of different types of audio content. However, it struggles to reproduce a thumpy low-bass, so you don’t feel the deep thump and rumble in […]
Biden Administration is Looking for a 6.3% Increase in NASA’s Budget for 2022
Space research, like much else in capitalist societies, is driven by funding. The biggest source of that funding for that space research is usually the US government. Which is why, when US presidents release their budget proposals, the space community takes notice. Especially because that budget affects NASA, the largest […]
Biden administration scraps human fetal tissue research restrictions
The administration of President Joe Biden is reversing restrictions imposed by former President Donald Trump’s on federal funding for medical research using human fetal tissue from elective abortions. A notice released today by the U.S. National Institutes of Health does away with both a ban on such studies by researchers […]
Uproar over sale of iconic Carnegie Institution headquarters to Qatar exposes deeper tensions
A decision by the venerable Carnegie Institution for Science to sell its iconic Washington, D.C., headquarters to the government of Qatar has ignited long-simmering discontent with an imminent restructuring of the 120-year-old organization and with its management.