NASA’s Earth-observing satellites are crucial — commercial missions cannot replace them Summary Private companies have made notable advances in Earth observation, from GHGSat tracking methane leaks to Planet’s large imaging…
Deep brain stimulation data need public oversight Summary In a correspondence piece, Alberto Priori and Sara Marceglia argue that data generated by smart deep brain stimulation (DBS) systems should be…
Five reasons why Nepal struggles to attract women into science Summary This Nature Careers podcast episode features Babita Paudel, a biochemist and head research director at the Centre for Natural…
Linux Foundation says yes to NoSQL via DocumentDB Summary The Linux Foundation has adopted Microsoft’s DocumentDB project, bringing a PostgreSQL-based, MongoDB-compatible document datastore into its open-source stewardship under the permissive…
Summary The White House has launched an “America by Design” initiative and established a National Design Studio (NDS) via an executive order to overhaul US government digital and physical interfaces.…
Trump made Intel an offer it couldn’t refuse Summary President Donald Trump’s administration took a 10% stake in Intel in exchange for releasing $8.9bn in CHIPS Act funds, effectively converting…
VMware before Broadcom was ‘A unicorn in fluffy cloudland’ Summary Yves Sandfort, CEO of Comdivision (a long‑standing VMware partner), lays out a partner’s view of VMware before and after Broadcom’s…
Trump threatens extra tariffs, tech export bans, for any nation that dares to regulate Big Tech Summary US president Donald Trump used Truth Social to threaten “substantial additional Tariffs” and…
Two scrubs, one Starship: Third time lucky for SpaceX? Summary Elon Musk’s Starship remained grounded after two consecutive scrubs: an oxygen leak during tanking halted the first attempt, and the…
Summary The European Space Agency (ESA) temporarily lost contact with the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) on 16 July 2025 while the probe was en route to a gravity-assist flyby…
