TAMPA, Fla. — Amazon no longer faces a July 30 cutoff for deploying half its planned 3,232 broadband satellites, but the reprieve comes with a temporary loss of spectrum priority that could give SpaceX and other rivals more leverage in orbit. The Federal Communications Commission granted the company a waiver June 5 after only 331
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An AI that can build a better AI could theoretically keep on improving Just_Super/Getty Images One of the world’s leading artificial intelligence companies has implored the industry to pause development on AI, because the latest models could be reaching a tipping point where they become capable of redesigning themselves, growing ever more powerful and finally
Abnormal snoring sounds help diagnose common sleep disorder – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — NASA plans to find a new headquarters building by the end of this year while remaining in the Washington area. As part of a reorganization of the agency announced May 22, NASA announced it had named Dave Mitchell, who had been associate administrator of the agency’s Mission Support Directorate, as the special assignment
AI-generated code must be carefully checked by human volunteers MTStock Studio/Getty Images A viral cartoon about open-source software shows a teetering pile of boxes labelled “all modern digital infrastructure” and one tiny box right at the bottom, propping up the whole lot: “a project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003”.
Physics-based models still beat AI for predicting extreme weather events – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — NASA directed astronauts on the International Space Station to shelter in a Crew Dragon spacecraft after Russian cosmonauts planned to perform repairs the agency thought created “elevated risk” to the station. In a statement late June 5, NASA described what led mission controllers in Houston earlier in the day to order the four
One of the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s mooring spheres being lifted out of the sea Rebecca Travis / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution In the winter of 2013-2014, the strong winds of the jet stream shifted north, allowing a mass of warm water dubbed “the blob” to swell across more than 1500 kilometres of the north Pacific
Pigeons’ immune system can sense Earth’s magnetic field, study suggests – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
MILAN – Italian ground segment operator Leaf Space unveiled a new space connectivity service May 27. The technology, named TreeNet, aims to make space communications more seamless by treating individual satellites as nodes in an interconnected communications network. The company also announced partnerships and launch timelines to bring the project to fruition. “This launch reinforces
Light micrograph of a human egg cell after fertilisation CC STUDIO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY When a rogue researcher in China revealed in 2018 that he had used CRISPR to create three gene-edited children, his actions were almost universally condemned by biologists around the world. The main objection was not that gene-editing babies is wrong in itself,
Quiz of the week: New SKA boss Jessica Dempsey did what before becoming an astronomer? – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
WASHINGTON — The House Armed Services Committee moved to preserve a Space Force missile-warning satellite program the Pentagon plans to cancel, authorizing $415 million for the Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program in the markup of the fiscal 2027 defense policy bill. During a markup session June 4, committee members debated amendments to the National
Parenthood may put you off date night, but not necessarily for good Elena Odareeva / Alamy It may feel like the exhaustion of caring for a newborn leaves little room for romance. Now, researchers have found that people really do seem to love their partner less in the first year of parenthood – but there
Word flower puzzle no. 5 – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here
TAMPA, Fla. — AST SpaceMobile expects Blue Origin’s recent launchpad explosion will delay its direct-to-smartphone constellation by three to six months, investment bank William Blair said in an equity research note, pushing initial commercial services into the first half of 2027. William Blair said Scott Wisniewski, AST SpaceMobile’s chief strategy officer, made the estimate June
Waves supercharged by El Niño hit the California coast in 2016 Eliason/Zuma Wire/Shutterstock A “Godzilla El Niño” is coming, according to some newspaper headlines. The actual story is that there is an 80 per cent chance of an El Niño developing by September. Most models forecast a moderate event – but some suggest it could
Quantum influencers gather to celebrate London’s role in quantum tech – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more from Physics World Copyright © 2026 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors Read the original article here