A 16-year-old who fled the war in Ukraine is now working with top scientists on space technology that could help the world ...

We trust external observation over introspection, but we have it backward. When the brain observes itself, we access physical ...

The same pulling force that causes “tears” in a glass of wine also shapes embryos. It’s another example of how genes exploit ...

Scientists uncovered a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that may have applications for quantum information.

Dark matter may be invisible, but scientists are getting closer to understanding whether it follows the same rules as ...

Physics societies of Japan and Germany have issued a joint declaration calling for the peaceful use of science and technology.

When we think creatively, produce novel ideas, or otherwise have “Eureka” moments, we may actually unlock access to a ...

Far above Earth, scientists are using quantum sensors to listen for the faintest whispers of unseen forces that may weave through the universe. Scientists are constantly searching for new clues about ...

Thanks to a dismal birth rate and even worse public school system, our native-born labor force is getting smaller and dumber ...

A tool called AI-Newton can derive scientific laws from raw data, but is some way from developing human-like reasoning.

In a biofilm “community,” bacteria can do things that individual bacterial cells cannot — for example, forming barriers that ...

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified a surprising source of entropy in quantum timekeeping - the act of measurement itself. In a study published today (14 Nov) in Physical Review ...