Press review · Saturday, 25 April 2026
25 April 2026
905 articles: 08 May 2025 – 26 October 2026
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arstechnica.com
Put it in pencil: NASA's Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027
SpaceX and Blue Origin tell NASA their lunar landers will be ready for Artemis III in late 2027.
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interestingengineering.com
Scientists build magnet that erases its own magnetic field
With almost perfect magnetic cancellation, this material avoids stray fields that limit device scaling in modern electronic systems.
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nbcnews.com
Hot, dry and hurricane-scarred: How climate change fueled wildfires in Georgia and Florida
Widespread drought in the Southeast is largely to blame for the fires, but their spread has also been fueled by leftover debris from past hurricanes that swept across the region.
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nypost.com
24,000-year-old frozen ‘zombie worm’ thawed by scientists — then it shockingly started reproducing
It thawed out — and then it multiplied.
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This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built
If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."
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theguardian.com
What is a ‘super El Niño’ and what might it mean for the global climate?
In this week’s newsletter: Forecasts suggest a stronger version of the climate phenomenon could supercharge extreme weather events, putting the world on track to again breach a 1.5C average temperature rise.• Don’t get Down to Earth delivered to your inbox? Sign up here
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New global panel aims to accelerate move away from fossil fuels
Scientists and economists will help countries develop plans to reduce dependence on oil, gas and coal
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theverge.com
ISS astronauts are getting new laptops
The astronauts will be using HP ZBook Fury G9 laptops.
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‘Is it life? We can’t tell’: Nasa’s Curiosity rover finds organic molecules on Mars
Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years
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‘Oscar of science’ awarded to team behind gene therapy that restores lost vision
Married couple Jean Bennett and Albert Maguire developed Luxturna, which helped a patient see their child’s face for the first time
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Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure
Blue Origin's reused first stage hit its targets, but New Glenn's upper stage did not.
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Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket lands successfully, but payload delivery fails
But it failed to deliver its space-based cell tower payload.
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livescience.com
'The chances of you living 50 years are very small': Theoretical physicist explains why humanity likely won't survive to see all the forces unified
Live Science spoke with Nobel prize-winning physicist David Gross, who recently received the $3 million Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, about the quest to unite all the forces and why humanity might not live to see a unified theory.