Well, howdy there, Internet people. It's Dana again. And today you're at Research Road. This is a weekly series where we go through science and tech news with a bit of dry humor. Then we do a dive into a science topic and we close out by answering some questions from y'all.

Today is the 3rd of June 2025. And on this date, in 1969, the final episode of the original

Star Trek series aired. The series that eventually spawned multiple other series, cartoons,

movies, video games, and books only lasted three seasons in its initial run.

Today is Love Conquers All Day.

Also, it's June, so be sure to take pride in anything you do.

So, starting off with tech news,

Ukraine conducted a special military operation deep inside Russia

using inexpensive drones and severely

degraded Russia's strategic capability. Today I learned that degraded is an actual military term,

meaning to severely reduce incapability. Honestly, until today, I thought it meant embarrassed.

A North Korean smartphone was smuggled out, and boy, is it a doozy.

It reportedly alters slang terms to government-approved terms and sends screenshots every so often to the authorities.

And now on to space.

Trump's new budget would cut NASA's budget by almost a quarter and work force by about a third.

It's a good thing he didn't basically just kick off a space arms race with some silly vanity project.

It seems like even the sun is out to get Elon.

Solar storms are forcing Starlink satellites back to Earth.

Now it's time to talk about the developing climate crisis.

The Trump administration scrapped almost $4 billion in greener energy grants.

That's already led to companies filing for bankruptcy and cutting staff.

The Trump administration is attempting to lure investors for a, quote, big, beautiful

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