Bacteria use strategies similar to artificial neural networks to use the past to adapt to the future.
A person with Tourette syndrome who holds back their tics may look fine, but keeping these involuntary urges contained can…
Making broadband affordable and training people how to best use it are also key to saving time.
A massive solar flare could seriously disrupt life on Earth – but new NASA missions and others in development will help…
Radio spectrum is a critical but limited resource, but advances in technology are making it possible to share.
60 years of ‘Star Trek’: A cultural anthropologist on how the show’s “infinite diversity in infinite combinations”…
Tiny geolocators measure light levels and atmospheric pressure to reveal the migrations of small songbirds – including…
A new study shows what microbes and odors on human skin appeal to different species of mosquitoes.
Search engines, social media and AI models can be made as safe and reliable as bridges and water supplies.
Some stars turn into black holes at the end of their lifespans, once they stop burning the fuel in their cores.
When it comes to transportation, there’s a hidden danger in choosing what feels safer.
From intense psychological trauma to exposure to neurotoxic dust, first responders at ground zero continue to confront significant…
Scientists give caterpillars haircuts and put them in a room isolated from sound to figure out how they’re able to hear…
No, the US Space Academy wouldn’t be a real-life Starfleet Academy. But what it would be is still a little unclear.
Dating apps have given an ancient profession, confidence scamming, a high-tech boost.
Public interest technology ensures that public policies are implemented in ways that change people’s lives.
Historical events hold lessons about collaboration and competition in space that could inform how experts plan for the discovery…
Some animal species have their eyes positioned on their heads differently than how people do – and it comes with pluses…
Scientists studied active matter systems by racing worms through tubes – to unexpected results.
From eggs and jalapenos to dog food, granola and pet turtles – it seems like you can catch a Salmonella infection from…