Planets may form more easily around pairs of stars than around single stars like the sun, according to new research.
Binary star systems, in which two stars orbit each other, are common throughout the Milky Way — and, in fact, even our sun may not have always been alone. For decades, astronomers believed such multi-star systems were hostile environments for planet formation, with competing…
In a Pacific conflict, the nearest U.S. drone factory is thousands of miles away. Ships and planes carrying parts to the front lines would be vulnerable to attack. Defense startup Firestorm Labs thinks the answer is a drone factory that fits inside a shipping container.
The…
Shapes, an app where humans and AI characters chat together in shared group conversations, is emerging from stealth with $8 million in seed funding. Think Discord, but with AI characters alongside humans.
Founded in 2022, Shapes has more than 400,000 monthly active users.
Colby Adcock’s Scout AI raises $100M to train its models for war: We visited its bootcamp
April 30, 2026
At a U.S. military base in central California, four-seater all-terrain vehicles roam hillside trails. This is a training exercise, but not for the people in the vehicles: It’s an effort to train AI models to enter conflict zones.
The autonomous military ATVs are operated by Scout AI, a startup founded in 2024 by Colby Adcock and Collin Otis that calls itself a “frontier lab for defense.”…
Hilarious seabird image captured with "truly incredible" Nikon camera wins photo prize – and the public voted for it
April 30, 2026
Photographer Alison Tuck wins the Sterna People’s Choice Award of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards with her brilliant image of a gannet attempting, in vain, to build a nest as the wind blows the grass straight back into its face.
The shot titled Now where is my nest? was…
Hyundai reveals stunning IONIQ 9 Black Ink Edition, and we got a first-hand look at it [Images]
April 30, 2026
The 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 9 Calligraphy Performance Black Ink edition is more than just another blacked-out model, and we were invited to see it in person at Hyundai’s plant in Savannah, Georgia.
Meet the 2027 Hyundai IONIQ 9 Calligraphy Black Ink
Hyundai’s three-row…
GM beat first-quarter earnings expectations after winning a US Supreme Court decision to refund around $500 million from the Trump Administration’s tariffs.
GM tops Q1 2026 earnings as tariff pressure eases
With 25,900 electric vehicles sold in Q1, GM said it maintained its position as the #2 EV seller in the US behind Tesla.
While that’s up slightly from Q4 2025, it’s down about 20% from…
A billion-dollar valuation is a headline that’s hard to ignore. And when it’s attached to a new e-bike brand spun out of a company like Rivian, it’s even harder not to get swept up in the excitement.
But zoom out for a moment, and a more complicated picture starts to…
As the U.S. Marine Corps faces congressionally mandated deadlines to evaluate the brain injury impacts of weapons blasts on the force and start implementing mitigation measures, changes are already being made to limit blast exposure in training.
Brig. Gen. Sean Hoewing, head…
PALAWAN, Philippines — The peace of the idyllic cove, where palm trees fringed a golden beach, was suddenly shattered by the launch of rockets from an American HIMARS. The battle was soon joined by a cacophony of blasts and booms from bombs delivered by fighter jets, 105mm towed howitzers, 81mm mortars, and Javelin and TOW missiles.
The tropical location was the west coast of Palawan, an…
