It's a comforting falsehood that once an artifact joins a museum's collection, it's safe for eternity. Museums…
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As Google turns 20, a look at how the company has grown – and what the next two decades might bring for the company.
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A cybersecurity expert offers tips to keep high schoolers safe on mobile devices, computers, games and social media.
The scientific community always wants more cash to fund research. A new study examines whether more concrete knowledge of…
The new technology behind machine learning-enhanced fake videos has a crucial flaw: Computer-generated faces don't blink…
You've heard of the genome, and possibly the proteome – all the proteins in the human body. But have you heard about…
A weather expert explains where petrichor – that pleasant, earthy scent that accompanies a storm's first raindrops…
Psychology researchers found that daily acts of kindness were linked to increases in positive mood – especially for teens…
Cultured meat comes from cells in a lab, not muscles in an animal. While regulatory and technological aspects are being…
Death is inevitable for individuals and also for species. With help from the fossil record, paleontologists are piecing…
The Swift Observatory passed a milestone: 1 million snapshots of the universe. These exquisite and revealing pictures have…
A standard element of international humanitarian law since 1899 should guide countries as they consider banning lethal autonomous…
For several billion people mosquitoes are more than a nuisance--they transmit deadly diseases. Now genetic modification…
Helium lifts balloons and makes our voices squeak. But its supply on Earth is finite and is critical for modern industrial…
The strengths of social media are also its weaknesses. Facebook must acknowledge that it has transformed from a startup…
Nineteen months in, Trump has nominated a candidate to fill the empty science adviser position. History demonstrates that…