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china A spent Chinese rocket booster destroyed part of a village near the launching site Thom Dunn

Space NASA completes rocket design review for future Mars journey Andrea James

Space Blue Origin rocket explodes during Florida test Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists built a machine to solve what AI can't Ellsworth Toohey

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Games Starfield's new expansion isn't likely to change your mind on the game Grant St. Clair

Space Artemis II's launch countdown has begun and its next stop is the Moon Gail Sherman

Games 700 AI agents built a civilization with a new religion Ellsworth Toohey

Games Starfield announces surprise expansion to hopefully make the game good (and comes to PS5) Grant St. Clair

kickstarter Two surreal sci-fi graphic novels from Scavengers Reign artist Jonathan Djob Nkondo launch on Kickstarter Gareth Branwyn

Science An asteroid passed 428 km from Earth and no one saw it coming Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Lego stuffed an entire computer into a standard brick Ellsworth Toohey

politics Britain's Home Secretary wants AI so "the eyes of the state can be on you at all times" Rob Beschizza

bitcoin Bitcoin mining is heating thousands of homes in Finland Gail Sherman

NASA Forget Mars: SpaceX can't get to the frigging moon Séamus Bellamy

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blockchain Neal Stephenson and Weta Workshop's new project is… something? Gail Sherman

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