Artemis II: Two Days to the Moon
The Artemis II countdown clock started Monday at Kennedy Space Center — four astronauts will fly past the Moon on April 1 at 6:24 PM ET, the first humans in deep space since Apollo 17 in 1972.
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The Iran War Is Revealing the Messy Middle of Our Renewable Energy Transition
NYT Magazine's landmark piece reveals we need fossil fuels to build the renewables that will replace them — and the Iran war is forcing that uncomfortable truth into the open.
Anthropic Won in Court. Politico Says the Win Is 'Premature.'
The preliminary injunction blocking Anthropic's Pentagon blacklisting is real but narrow — the government has the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals and multiple administrative avenues still available.
OpenAI Took the $950 Million Contract Anthropic Refused. The AI Defense Industrial Base Is Sorting.
OpenAI's Pentagon deal — signed hours after Anthropic was blacklisted — has split the AI industry into government-aligned and safety-principled camps, with real downstream consequences for both.
Sixty Thousand Tech Workers Gone in 2026. AI Is the Excuse. War Uncertainty Is the Driver.
60,000 tech jobs gone. 200 companies. 681 per day. The AI explanation is real but partial — the deeper driver is war-driven enterprise IT contraction that no earnings call will actually name.
Artemis II at L-Minus Two: All Systems Go for April 1 Launch
Artemis II enters final L-2 countdown with all systems nominal; four astronauts set to depart Earth at 6:24 PM ET Wednesday.
Morgan Stanley: Massive AI Breakthrough Coming, Most Companies Aren't Ready
Morgan Stanley warned in mid-March that a landmark AI capability jump is expected by June 2026, with most organizations structurally unprepared.
The White House AI Framework Is Ten Days Old and Already Behind the World It Describes
The March 20 White House AI framework, built around innovation and preemption, was outpaced within days by AI's role in active military conflict.
New Carbon Capture Material Releases CO2 at Low Temperatures. Costs Could Drop Significantly.
A new nitrogen-group carbon material releases captured CO2 below 60°C, potentially slashing the energy cost that makes carbon capture economically unviable at scale.
WMO: Earth's Climate More Out of Balance Than at Any Time in the Recorded Observational Record
WMO's State of the Global Climate 2025 report finds Earth's energy imbalance at its highest since record-keeping began in 1960, with 2015-2025 the eleven hottest years ever recorded.
Earth.Org's March Week 4 Roundup: The WMO Says Earth Is 'Being Pushed Beyond Its Limits'
Earth.Org's March Week 4 climate roundup centers on a new WMO report confirming the hottest decade on record and accelerating energy imbalance.