What Is a Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly?
It doesn’t take a degree in aerospace engineering to know that, ideally, rockets aren’t supposed to blow up. So to those who aren’t engineers, the...
A Restored 1920s Frank Lloyd Wright Home in Tulsa Just Hit the Market for $8 Million
A new Frank Lloyd Wright listing with a unique design history just came to market. Known as one of only three Oklahoma builds by the American architect,...
Ukraine’s Social Media Stars Ditch Russian in Pivot to a War Footing
When the Ukrainian social media influencer Anna Tsukur started building her business as a fitness guru several years ago, she made choices to maximize her...
Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. Biennial Names 39 Artists for Upcoming Edition in October, Including Joey Terrill, Melissa Cody, Guadalupe Rosales
The Hammer Museum has named the 39 artists, collectives, and organizations that will take part in the upcoming sixth edition of its acclaimed Made in...
When Your Boss Is an App
It’s hard not to be apprehensive of the ways in which the least pleasant innovations of the gig economy, and the technology that enables them,...
Florida Apologizes After 4:45 A.M. Emergency Alert Test
Many Florida residents woke up to a screeching alarm around 4:45 a.m. on Thursday, after an early morning test of the emergency alert system blared...
Starship Explosion a Setback, But Not a Total Failure For SpaceX and Musk
SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded on Thursday, minutes after lifting off from a launchpad in South Texas. The rocket, the most powerful ever built, did not...
How Elon Musk’s Starship Timeline Has Changed Over Seven Years
As big as Starship is, it was originally going to be bigger. In 2016, Elon Musk was dropping hints of a giant new spacecraft that...
Scholar Says Michelangelo Painted Himself in Sistine Chapel, $20 M. Henri Rousseau to Smash Auction Record, and More: Morning Links for April 20, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines READY YOUR PADDLE. Next month in New York, Christie’s will offer a juicy Henri Rousseau, Les...
Starship Has Deep Financial and Symbolic Importance to Elon Musk
Elon Musk has called it the “holy grail” for space technology. Starship, a new SpaceX rocket system that launched for the first time on Thursday,...
Peering Into the Future of Novels, With the Help of AI
In a new novella, “Death of an Author,” the writer, Aidan Marchine, describes a subpar plate of nachos this way: “The cheese was congealed and...
Thousands Flock to See a Rare Total Solar Eclipse in Australia
For the tens of thousands of astrophotographers, eclipse chasers and cosmically minded tourists contemplating the best site from which to view Thursday’s total solar eclipse,...
Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Rules Create ‘Chaos for Consumers’
Designed to accelerate the shift to electric cars among other climate goals, the Inflation Reduction Act has in practice made buying such vehicles a lot...
Biden Pledges $500 Million to Stop Deforestation in Brazil
WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday pledged $500 million to fight deforestation in Brazil and more than $1 billion to help developing countries transition away...