Climate change is relentless: Seemingly small shifts have big consequences
What might sound like small changes – temperatures another tenth of a degree warmer, sea level a few centimeters higher…
What might sound like small changes – temperatures another tenth of a degree warmer, sea level a few centimeters higher…
Common sense is a broad and diverse set of abilities that help define what it means to be human. AI researchers are struggling…
Scientists are looking for safe new ways to prevent ice from damaging food in frozen storage, which costs consumers billions…
The Rev. Sereno Edwards Bishop mobilized ship captains to track the extraordinary sunsets appearing around the world after…
Portions of the internet disappear every day. Preservation of this historical record requires a proactive approach by archivists…
Firefighters are hailed as heroes and pillars of strength, bravery and courage. But the daily stressors and traumas of their…
How you respond to a risk depends on how you weigh the costs and benefits of an action. The problem is you’re not just…
Science is not egalitarian. Top researchers get more credit and funding than lesser-known scientists. The long-held practices…
The metaverse is science fiction, but a lot of people in Silicon Valley are working to make this interconnected virtual…
From the high Yukon to the mountains of Central Asia, melting ice exposes fragile ancient artifacts that tell the story…
Apple will scan all photos uploaded to the cloud for child sexual abuse without actually looking at the photos. Privacy…
After the CDC changed course in late July, recommending universal masking indoors, Nevada became the first state to adopt…
A tool made for tracking criminals and terrorists has potentially been used against politicians, dissidents and journalists.…
Some of the climate changes will be irreversible for millennia. But some can be slowed and even stopped if countries quickly…
Water-related hazards are exceptionally destructive, and the impact of climate change on extreme water-related events is…
According to a new poll, people across political and demographic lines think the private space race is good for the future…
People tell tales to explain what they see – centuries later, scientists try to map handed-down myths onto real geological…
Machine learning is great at finding patterns but doesn’t know what those patterns mean. Combine it with knowledge gained…
Three pioneering technologies have forever altered how researchers do their work and promise to revolutionize medicine,…
Decentralized finance makes it easier for virtually anyone to take advantage of financial markets without the need for a…