A San Antonio firm demonstrated a prototype lunar excavator and partnered with Astrolab to outfit FLEX rovers with interchangeable tools for landing pads, roads and reactor sites on the Moon.

Ryan Clarkson says class actions accuse major insurers of using algorithms to cut rehab stays and deny claims, leaving patients with surprise bills.

A new alliance report finds Israeli‑founded firms support about 22,650 California jobs and add billions in output. The data arrives as state political debate over Israel intensifies.

Antares, a Los Angeles microreactor startup, has raised major capital and won DOE safety clearance as it prepares to test a demonstration reactor at Idaho National Lab.

Anduril agreed to buy ExoAnalytic Solutions, folding a 400‑telescope network into its space stack and expanding its Southern California footprint.

Netflix has acquired Ben Affleck’s InterPositive and will fold the startup’s team into the streamer as Affleck joins as a senior advisor. The move signals a creator-first push into production-stage AI tools.

Hyundai-backed Supernal cut about 296 jobs and shrank to roughly 70–80 staff as it consolidates operations at its Irvine engineering hub.

Culver City‑based ImmunityBio jumped after recent regulatory nods abroad and a productive FDA meeting, boosting sales figures and analyst interest. The company is now pushing to turn approvals into global distribution.

A new venture called Emberpoint pairs Lockheed Martin aerospace tech, PG&E data and Salesforce AI to speed wildfire detection and response.

UCLA researchers developed an AI that flags likely undiagnosed early Alzheimer’s in medical records, showing roughly 80% sensitivity and built‑in fairness measures. The team plans broader testing before clinical use.

NIH announced it will no longer fund research using fetal tissue from elective abortions, citing alternatives; scientists warn it could slow vital studies on disease and development.

A small asteroid with a non-zero percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032 has scientists from the Bay Area to Houston and New York scrambling to refine its orbit. As teams weigh everything from reconnaissance missions to nuclear disruption, the question is whether the odds will shrink before time runs out.

Twenty-five percent of UC San Diego's remedial math students couldn't solve "7 + 2 = _ + 6" on a placement test. Most had taken calculus in high school and earned A's, revealing a collapse in academic standards that has university faculty sounding the alarm.