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February 3, 20261 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmElon Musk fuses SpaceX with xAIAcquiring xAI could boost SpaceX’s plans to launch a one-million-strong satellite constellation…

As much as half of some British beaches’ coarse sediments consist of human-made materials such as brick, concrete, glass and industrial waste, a study has found.Climate…

Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health Deborah Cohen Viking (2026)Previously, when you felt ill, you consulted a doctor. Now, you consult the Internet. In…

February 3, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmSpiders taught scientists how to make unsinkable metalResearchers mimicked the air-trapping tricks of diving bell spiders to…

Nasa has postponed its historic mission to send astronauts around the moon and back again, after issues arose during a critical test of its most powerful…

In 1950, in a paper entitled ‘Computing Machinery and Intelligence’1, Alan Turing proposed his ‘imitation game’. Now known as the Turing test, it addressed a question…

Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX has acquired his artificial intelligence business xAI, in a $1.25tn (£910bn) merger that consolidates part of Musk’s empire as SpaceX prepares…

Geoscientist Hiroto Nagai composed music about Earth’s climate system using meteorological data from the polar regions.Credit: K. R. AraragiWhen Colin Campbell stood before colleagues at a…

February 2, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmSpaceX plans to launch one million satellites to power orbital AI data centerElon Musk’s SpaceX is set…

Writing by hand activates parts of the brain associated with learning that typing words does not.Credit: Three Lions/GettyCursive is making a comeback. The looping handwriting style…