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How AI is making spacecraft propulsion more efficient

A desire to go further and faster in space is driving interest in advanced propulsion technologies, such as nuclear systems. A team of researchers dis...

COP30 ends with a whimper

The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it

Chinese premier arrives in Johannesburg for 1st G20 summit in Africa

Erik Prince, America’s most notorious mercenary, spies opportunity in chaos

The return of the Blackwater founder is a sign of the times

How Chinese underground banks became the world’s biggest money-launderers

They connect rich Chinese, drug cartels and North Korean hackers—without anyone meeting

GT investigates: From political opportunist to militarist advocate: An expose of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's radical path

Risky Business #815 -- Anthropic's AI APT report is a big deal

In this week’s show Patrick Gray and Adam Boileau discuss the week’s cybersecurity news, including: Anthropic says a Chinese APT orchestrated attacks ...

GT investigates: How Japan's PM revives bellicism mindset, perpetuates 'victim narrative' pushed by right-wing forces since WWI

The loneliness of America’s model ally

Donald Trump has no desire to play global cop. That is tough on Denmark, a loyal sheriff’s deputy

Mapping the dark side of the world (part 1): The KH-5 ARGON geodetic satellite

As important as high-resolution satellite imagery in the early Space Age was development of wide-area imagery needed for accurately mapping the Soviet...

DARPA's real lunar opportunity: Build the operating system, not the outpost

DARPA has supported studies on lunar development recently, including establishing lunar infrastructure. Michael Stennicke argues that DARPA would be b...

China’s creepiest export surge

Countries are queuing to buy the tools and techniques of the CCP’s security state