The University of Washington’s Allen School is tackling six “grand challenges” in computer science — from AI and education to ...

It's a plot device beloved by science fiction: our entire universe might be a simulation running on some advanced ...

On October 25, 2025, the author and game-show host Ken Jennings joined the senior editor Tyler Foggatt onstage at the 26th ...

Introduction Stress is a major health issue in contemporary society, and mindfulness-based approaches reduce stress and anxiety but face practical barriers to consistent practice; this protocol ...

Cooking can be a relaxing, meditative act—that is, until your eyes start to sting unbearably. Cutting an onion often leads to an involuntary stream of tears, but a new scientific discovery has ...

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum tunneling and energy quantization in an electrical ...

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Keep your eyes along the horizon on Monday night to see the first supermoon of the year. October’s full moon, also called the harvest moon, will be visible from Monday night into early Tuesday. The ...

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop the body's immune system from attacking itself. The discovery of these ...

Alex Pereira’s incredible UFC career was inspired by his greatest rival’s scathing predictions. In one of the greatest performances of his career, Pereira stopped Magomed Ankalaev in the main event of ...

Dr. Frank is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Rochester. A few years ago, on a flight, I was seated next to a man in his mid-20s. He looked at the astrobiology textbook I was reading ...

Being named as a Nobel laureate is the ultimate prize for many scientists, but how do other science prizes compare? The Nobel prizes are the most famous awards in science — and for many, the ultimate ...