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Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program
NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.
Sep 01, 2026 · StaffLarvotto joins antimony ranks as Hillgrove springs back to life
The restart of Hillgrove’s mine in Australia gives Western buyers a major new source of the strategic metal.
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff
Op-Ed: Venezuela mining revival threatens isolated Indigenous peoples
A critical-minerals rush could expose isolated communities to disease, violence and forest loss without stronger safeguards.
Sep 01, 2026 · StaffRussian Ambassador to U.K. Ends His Tenure
Andrei Kelin’s tenure between November 2019 and July 2026 spanned the Covid-19 pandemic, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine and a ban on Russian diplo...
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff
Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri
"We could really be facing the great filter."
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff
Trump plan to control Venezuelan oil has more holes than Swiss cheese
President Donald Trump announced Friday that the United States “has just entered into an Agreement” with Venezuela covering more than 65 billion barre...
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff
Jeremy Douglas on Southeast Asia’s Drug Boom
"This is a region that is arguably now the largest epicenter of synthetic drug production in the world," says the UNDOC deputy director.
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff
The US needs ‘allied scale’ to counter China
Outmatched on its own, the US can surpass China’s industrial heft by partnering with allies.
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff
How China can muddle through to superpower status
Despite structural challenges, China could rely on its economic and technological engine to become a peerless superpower in 2036, experts believe.
Sep 01, 2026 · StaffFinancial Stability Board Sounds the Alarm Over Frontier AI Risks
The Financial Stability Board has warned G20 banking leaders about the cyber risks of frontier AI
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff
Attackers Steal METR API Key and Consume AI Credits Worth About $600,000
METR (short for Model Evaluation and Threat Research and pronounced "Meter"), a research non-profit that evaluates frontier artificial intelligence (A...
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff
Ethanol Issue Has Entered Indian Kitchens, Impacting Household Budgets
What began as an energy policy to reduce crude imports has travelled through the agricultural supply chain and ended up on the dinner table.
Sep 01, 2026 · Staff