Let’s peel the marketing stickers off and talk like curious engineers for a minute. Because QLED, OLED, and Mini-LED aren’t ...

Merger of two neutron stars in the aftermath of a supernova may have been observed for the first time, though questions ...

Snowflakes are often described as perfectly unique, but that familiar idea hides a much deeper story. In the lab, scientists can grow nearly identical snowflakes by carefully controlling temperature ...

Plane doors aren’t locked, cabins aren’t fully pressurized, and many flight rules exist for reasons passengers rarely hear. Yet despite how fragile flying feels, commercial aviation is one of the ...

Recent winter storms did what extreme weather events often do: it revealed things most of us rarely think about. Temperatures ...

Tammy Ma, director the Livermore Institute for Fusion Technology, can explain why her work with nuclear fusion is a step toward abundant clean energy.

Researchers used artificial intelligence to rapidly scan decades of scientific literature and uncover tens of thousands of ...

T o make good decisions on any question the public needs to be well-informed, something not so easily accomplished in America’s schools. That is a key point made by Michael Kent, a recently retired ...

The physics of the spiral pass have baffled physicists and football fans for decades. Emily Kwong (she/her) is the reporter for NPR's daily science podcast, Short Wave. The podcast explores new ...

Lightsabers look slick, flashy, and strangely survivable in Star Wars , but physics isn’t impressed by movie logic. A recent breakdown from the aptly named Mr. Death strips away the cinematic flair ...

In rejecting psychoanalysis to align with the "hard" sciences, psychology abandoned the human psyche. We're paying the price ...

The ambitious Netflix adaptation of this complex novel series proves that smart, high-concept sci-fi can still captivate ...