Historically, humankind has sent only one thing to the moon at a time so that it has the whole metaphorical highway to itself. But NASA’s planned moon base is expected to have a lot more concurrent traffic in the future, which means it’s time to start writing rules for a busier road. Engineers from Texas
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. By signing up, you confirm you are 16+, will receive newsletters and promotional content and agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe at any time. There is little
In the fight for elite AI talent, the salary is the easy part. At Cursor, the $60 billion company behind a suite of popular coding tools recently acquired by SpaceX, hiring a candidate is a bit like trying to win over someone who’s completely out of your league. “Closing is a team sport,” Matt Ward,
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Volkswagen engineers with securities fraud over an alleged insider trading scheme related to the German automaker’s joint venture with Rivian. The indictment, unsealed Friday by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, alleges that Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank earned more than $300,000 using
Written by Lucy Thompson, Senior Research Scientist, University of New Brunswick, Canada Ground planning date: Friday, July 27, 2026 As the APXS uplink leader and strategic planner, I have the privilege of working with the rover engineers most days I am in operations. The APXS instrument measures the chemistry of rocks, unconsolidated materials and the
Jensen Huang says his software engineers love how AI is changing their role. “These agent systems are new skills, and now we have a lot of software engineers creating agents,” the Nvidia CEO said in an interview published by the company on Wednesday. “If you ask me, every one of my software engineers would rather