A cloudy future

The US Environmental Protection Agency is going to eradicate its own scientific research arm, with over 1,000 scientists going from working on protecting us and our environment to standing...

Job losses

Trump's mass firings could have ripple effects

Harvard University is imposing a temporary freeze on hiring faculty. Columbia University is grappling with cuts to $400 million in federal funding. California Institute of Technology is leaving postdoctoral...

‘Pathan Elon Musk’ sends netizens in Pakistan into a spin

No matter what you say, there seems to be always someone existing somewhere in the world who looks just like you. There are commoners who are doppelgangers or lookalikes...

Vance tells ‘high-level’ TikTok deal expected by deadline

Vice President JD Vance said he expected President Donald Trump to wrap up a deal for TikTok and keep the popular video-sharing app operating in the US ahead of...

Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026, says Elon Musk

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could...

Consolation

Musk's Starship explodes in space, disrupts Florida flights

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday once again lost the upper stage of its massive Starship rocket in a fiery explosion, even as the booster was successfully caught in its...

Accomplishments

I no longer care about microaggressions: Ash Sarkar

Ash Sarkar is the face of woke. Up against the Goliaths of the right wing, the 32-year-old journalist from north London counts tech billionaires like Elon Musk and US...