Reviews
Ink Opened the Lido
Danny Boyle's Ink, with Guy Pearce as Murdoch, opened the 83rd Venice film festival. Maggie Gyllenhaal heads the jury.
Pixie Lane
Video Desk
The tape
Official video, filed with the story it belongs to.
United States
Four Reactors Hit Criticality
Four advanced reactors passed an early test, zero-power criticality, by 4 July 2026, beating the Trump administration's goal of at least three.
Sienna Brook
Australia
Queensland's rating is on the brink
Queensland is close to losing its AA+ S&P credit rating, but no cut had come by 11 September. Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers called it "very troubling".
Bel McRae
United States
Six bills, zero nays, four criticalities
Six nuclear permitting and fuel bills cleared House Energy and Commerce unanimously in early September, as a House panel heard reactor pilot results.
Sienna Brook
Australia
Hastie calls Hanson and Joyce lying cowards
Andrew Hastie has called Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce "lying cowards" after they denied calling him a traitor over a One Nation cartoon.
Bel McRae
Video
The Roman Heavy Tape
NASA and SpaceX's webcast of the Falcon Heavy launch of the Roman Space Telescope from LC-39A on 30 August shows liftoff, side boosters and separation.
Wren Solace
Breaking
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum makes orbit from Norway
Isar Aerospace's Spectrum reached orbit from Norway on 5 September. The company and EU call it Europe's first private orbital success from the mainland.
Michael Jackson
Breaking
Apple's Surprise and Shine event was set for 9 September
Apple's Surprise and Shine event is on Wednesday 9 September at 10 a.m. PT, or 3 a.m. AEST Thursday, streaming on apple.com, Apple TV and YouTube.
Michael Jackson