Selected Stories
He's the Godfather of Modern Robotics. He Says the Field Has Lost Its Way.
New York Times
Rodney Brooks, pioneering AI and robotics researcher and co-inventor of the Roomba, doesn't think today's humanoid robot companies are promising more than they can deliver.
What Happens When the US Stops Funding the Science Behind SpaceX?
Bloomberg
NASA's shrinking budget threatens the public science behind SpaceX's success, and it could weaken America's ability to develop breakthrough technologies.
Building Blox
Sherwood
He didn't set out to create a kids' company. Roblox's "Builderman" wound up with one anyway.
The Future of Weather Prediction is Here. Maybe.
The New York Times
WindBorne is making a better weather balloon, and plugging the data into deep learning models to create more accurate forecasts.
Who died and left the US $7 billion?
Sherwood
A record-breaking estate tax payment led me to reveal a hidden fortune and how the ultrawealthy avoid taxes—or decide they're too rich to even bother.
Silicon Valley Wants To Fight Fires With Fire
The New York Times
Meet the robots vying to stop wildfires before they start.
Kam Ghaffarian's Moonshots
The New York Times
Exploring the evolution of the space industry through the founder and financier of America's first publicly-traded Moon company.
How the US is preparing to fight—and win—a war in space
Vox
Meet the former US Air Force officers who want to build war-fighting space drones.
Buzz Aldrin is Still Alive
Still Alive
A profile of the great astronaut and his legacy in my favorite new magazine.
The CEO of a $1.2 billion space company can't use its technology
Quartz
What happens when the US government decides the founder is a security risk while the company is going public.
China is trying to steal military space tech. The US is running stings to stop it.
Quartz
PSA: The undercover agents luring you into a trap will not reimburse you for bribe money.
The US government said no. Swarm Technologies launched its satellites anyway.
Quartz
The story of the first illegal satellite launch.