Most people think of trust as active – you place your trust in someone or you don't. But weak cybersecurity, like…
Most computer security focuses on software, but computer processors are vulnerable to hackers, too. An experimental secure…
Pregnant women's experiences can affect their babies' health, even into adulthood. Researchers know societywide…
Disasters highlight the cost of society's love of efficiency. Nature, in contrast, favors resilience. Being more like…
Cavity-free teeth depend on many factors, and heredity may not be the most important.
If emissions continue at their current pace, Antarctica will cross a threshold into runaway sea rise when today’s kids…
Chances are small that space junk will destroy property or harm a person, and existing space law could deal with such an…
Scientists are working on ways to make lots of energy by converting matter into energy. The trick is keeping the process…
Electronics are not the only technology to have been miniaturized. Using the strange behavior of fluids in tiny spaces,…
For the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle, every individual matters. A team of veterinarians and biologists has formed…
A thriving black market for stolen personal data makes millions of people vulnerable to spies, spammers, scammers and hackers.
Are the descriptions of war passed down by ancient historians accurate? A site in Sicily provided a rare chance to fact-check…
Fetal brains are changing rapidly over the course of pregnancy, but so are the brains of mothers-to-be. Neuroscience research…
Fragmented authority for national cyber defense and the vulnerabilities of private companies that control software and infrastructure…
DNA has been storing vast amounts of biological information for billions of years. Researchers are working to harness DNA…
Combining archaeological evidence, aerial scans and machine learning algorithms, researchers modeled how this medieval city…
Though research is still ongoing, therapists' practical experience and adults' and kids' self-reflections suggest…
The first space tourist left Earth 20 years ago aboard a Russian rocket. Now, private companies like Jeff Bezos' Blue…
By looking at the eye bones and ear canals of extinct dinosaurs, researchers show that a small ancient predator likely hunted…
An increasing number of communities are discovering dangerous contamination in their water systems weeks or months after…