The Register: Science

• MethaneSAT 'likely not recoverable' after losing contact with Earth
• 23andMe's new owner says your DNA is safe this time
• Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill bankrolls $85M Space Shuttle shuffle
• NASA tests shrinking metals to help it find more exoplanets
• NASA gives Lunar Trailblazer a few more weeks to pick up the phone
• China successfully tests hypersonic aircraft, maybe at Mach 12
• Google to buy power from fusion energy startup Commonwealth - if they can ever make it work
• Northrop Grumman shows SpaceX doesn't have a monopoly on explosions
• China claims breakthroughs in classical and quantum computers
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter learns new trick at the age of 19: ‘very large rolls’

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• Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
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• A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
• A New Way to See Your Climate Anxiety
• AI-Generated Fake News Is Coming to an Election Near You
• Inequality Is a Health Risk—and It’s Getting Worse
• To Keep Gen Z, Companies Need to Level Up
• Big Tech Won’t Let You Leave. Here's a Way Out