Adrian Patel Technology Editor 
NASA head of science Dr Nicola Fox praised the rising number of women in science during a visit to Hitchin, Hertfordshire, this month. Fox, who graduated in 1991 as one of four women in a 200-student engineering course, urged young women to ignore gender stereotypes and follow their scientific curiosity. Dr Nicola Fox Discusses the … Read more
Astronomers using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have discovered evidence of a rare binary star system in the constellation Gemini where both massive stars exploded as supernovas. The finding, published on Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications, offers a new window into the stellar evolution of massive cosmic pairs. Fermi Telescope Data Reveals Dual Supernova … Read more
Nintendo released the single-player-focused action shooter Splatoon Raiders, according to Kotaku. In the game, players operate as a mechanic working with Deep Cut—a trio of swashbuckling musicians named Shiver, Frye, and Big Man—as they venture out into the mysterious Spirhalite Islands in search of treasure, according to details shared during a dedicated Nintendo Direct broadcast … Read more
Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe discovered a 25-kilometer-wide meteorite impact crater in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region using Google Maps while planning a camping trip in 2024. Researchers confirmed the 390-million-year-old structure, named Uhackatik, during a rugged 2025 scientific expedition that found rare shatter cones and impact melt rock. Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe was using Google Maps in … Read more
Mattel has officially revealed a 935-piece, 1:22 scale buildable UNSC M12 Warthog from its Brick Shop line during San Diego Comic-Con. Priced at $75.99 or £69.99, the set converts into a Gauss Hog and arrives ahead of Halo: Campaign Evolved. Mattel used San Diego Comic-Con to pull the cover off its latest gaming crossover, introducing … Read more
Apple is preparing a major refresh of its high-end portable computer lineup, with reports indicating the company is developing new 14-inch and 16-inch laptops featuring OLED displays and direct touch screen support, according to MacRumors and 9to5Mac. Apple Prepares New High-End Laptops With OLED Touchscreens The upcoming devices represent Apple’s first high-end laptop redesign in … Read more
SpaceX called off the first attempt to launch the newest version of its Starship vehicle May 21 because of a problem with ground equipment. The company had been working toward a 7:30 p.m. Eastern liftoff of the first version 3 Starship/Super Heavy vehicle from its launch complex at Starbase, Texas. The launch was pushed an … Read more
Theoretical physicists have modeled what happens when an optical shutter snips a single photon in half mid-flight. Calculations published in Physical Review Letters show that this extreme quantum shortcut does not yield smaller particle fragments, but instead conjures a complex, infinite superposition of new photons out of the surrounding vacuum. Photons are elementary particles of … Read more
A rare black-crowned night heron has been caught on camera at the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Somerset, marking a significant wildlife milestone following extensive freshwater restoration work and beaver reintroductions designed to revive degraded wetland ecosystems across the United Kingdom. Wetland Restoration at Holnicote Estate Draws Rare Avian Visitor Conservationists in the United Kingdom … Read more
Researchers using high-resolution sonar, underwater drones, and deep-sea cameras have rediscovered a living mesophotic coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa, sixty years after initial fishing surveys presumed the deep-water formation was dead. Sixty Years in the Archives: How a Brief Paragraph Led to Rediscovery In the 1960s, fishing surveyors off the … Read more