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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Hundreds of US space companies are sounding an…

NASA: Scientific American, this is Mission Control, Houston.Rachel Feltman: Station, this is Scientific American. How do you hear me?Matthew Dominick: Loud and clear. Welcome to the…

MaryLou CostaTechnology ReporterReporting fromVilnius, LithuaniaAstrolightAstrolight is developing a laser-based communications systemI’m led through a series of concrete corridors at Vilnius University, Lithuania; the murals give a…

When you think about the food that astronauts eat in space, lobster, haddock and foie gras probably don’t spring to mind – but that’s exactly what…

As president, Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire for a U.S. rapprochement with Russia, in distinct contrast with the policies of previous administrations.…

New Proof Dramatically Compresses Space Needed for ComputationSurprising new work bucks 50 years of assumptions about the trade-offs between computation space and timeBy Max Springer edited…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a Crew Dragon capsule from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. The Ax-4 mission is the fourth private…

When she heard that Jeff Bezos was getting married in Venice this June, Heather Jane Johnson felt worse than she had in her entire life. Twenty-five…

He’s also not the only researcher working to expose plants to higher radiation levels than previously studied. Porterfield, who is one of the scientists working on…

It’s almost 50 years since one of the strangest records ever made was launched – not into the pop charts but into the farthest reaches of…