22 Jun 2026
Musk's original 2001 Mars plan was almost childishly simple: land a small greenhouse on the red planet to reignite public excitement for space, the seed idea t…
In the autumn of 2001, a 30-year-old Elon Musk sat in a Moscow hotel room with rocket scientist Jim Cantrell and aerospace consultant Mike Griffin, negotiating to buy refurbished Soviet Dnepr intercontinental ballistic missiles. He wanted to bolt a small robotic greenhouse onto the nose of one, fire it to Mars, and broadcast pictures of green shoots growing in red regolith back to Earth. He…
22 Jun 2026
Sector Snapshot: Robotics Startups On Fire As Venture Funding Surges To Record Numbers In 2026
Robotics startup funding hit a record high in 2025, per Crunchbase data . And that trend is continuing in 2026 so far, with funding to the sector already eclipsing 2025’s totals.
22 Jun 2026
A cloud-based miniscope for neurosurveillance of brain health and disease in freely behaving animals
Main The ability to conduct continuous (≥24 h), neuroimaging of multiple physiological variables (for example neuronal activity (Neu ACT ), blood flow, blood volume, oxygenation and cellular dynamics) within the CNS microenvironment is crucial for characterizing preclinical models of CNS disease (Supplementary Table 1 ). We refer to this continuous multimodality neuroimaging capability as…
22 Jun 2026
Chinese universities are cutting language majors to make way for AI
As artificial intelligence reshapes the global economy, Chinese universities are rapidly redrawing the landscape of what is worth studying. In recent months, Chinese universities have actively cut foreign language and translation programs and launched new majors in “embodied intelligence” and “low-altitude economy.”
22 Jun 2026
L’Oréal brings Maybelline virtual try-on to ChatGPT
L’Oréal has announced a collaboration with OpenAI that will bring Maybelline New York’s virtual makeup try-on feature into ChatGPT. The announcement was made at VivaTech 2026.
22 Jun 2026
GCC private debt surges past venture capital as start-ups turn to structured credit
Structured credit is rapidly reshaping start-up financing across the Gulf, with private debt emerging as the dominant source of capital for growth-stage firms, according to new data.
22 Jun 2026
Why Ireland Might Actually Pull Off the EU Capital Markets D
Europe has a massive problem with money. It has plenty of it, but it's sitting in the wrong places. Trillions of euros lie dormant in private bank accounts across the continent while European startups and infrastructure projects starve for funding. Meanwhile, the United States eats Europe's lunch because its unified financial system lets cash move anywhere instantly. For a decade, Brussels talked…
22 Jun 2026
Elon Musk Just Lifted His Tesla Voting Stake to Nearly 20%. Could a SpaceX Merger Be Next?
Elon Musk now controls nearly 20% of the vote at Tesla ( TSLA +1.04% ) . In a Form 4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week, the electric-car maker's CEO exercised the entire 2018 compensation award -- 303,960,630 options at a split-adjusted strike of $23.34, against a stock that closed near $405 the day of the transaction. He didn't sell any shares on the open market to do…
22 Jun 2026
AI and the Changing Landscape of STEM Careers
At a recent STEM City Service to Nation event, Dr. Victor McCrary highlighted that artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming jobs more rapidly than educational systems can adapt.
