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Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford professor with no experience treating patients, is set to become the director of the NIH.
Trump's trade war will cost the average American household between $1,200 and $3,200 annually.
Governments worldwide are offering cash incentives and creative policies to boost birth rates, but declining fertility trends reveal deeper societal shifts — here's why their efforts are falling short and what it means for the future.
It’s hard to overstate just how impactful DeepSeek has been. In a couple of days, it rattled the entire AI industry, shattering the aura of invincibility that OpenAI (and American tech companies in general) had built around themselves. DeepSeek’s new AI is the number one most downloaded free app on the Apple Store, and it’s […]
Paris has reinvented itself as a cyclist’s paradise, moving from car-dominated streets to a city crisscrossed by bike lanes.
Magnus Carlsen wore jeans to a chess tournament. Now the entire sport is boiling over.
Machine learning tools can increase the pace of biology research and open the door to new research questions, but the benefits don’t come without risks.
Cartels are Mexico's fifth largest employer. They are recruiting faster than the government can arrest them.
Scientists have discovered unique neurons in the brain that respond only to music.
The achievement has potential implications from medicine to materials science.
Take a closer look at your hands—they carry millions of years of evolutionary history, connecting you to our closest primate relatives.
"The simple things they told us, like eating your vegetables first, have always been good advice, and now science is backing it up.”
Not one but two prizes went to AI research.
We like to believe we're in control, but there's much more randomness than we’d like to think.
Paris is emphasizing sustainability and fighting the myth that you need meat for athletic performance.
The artifacts tell us a lot about life in medieval times in the area.
The "global elite" wants everyone to "eat bugs". Or something. Anyway, ban it.
Rice is a staple crop for billions of people on Earth. Soon, it may get even better.
What if I told you you can prove a statement without revealing anything about that statement itself?
Ski season is shortening with every passing year, and most ski resorts around the world now rely on artificial snow to stay in business.
We all need to care more about the ocean. A marine biologist explains why.
Sure, you've heard of the Library of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens -- but have you heard of these?
A lot happened in our universe in the past year.
Benjamin List's groundbreaking research defied the field and created sustainable, safer catalysts.
Most experts believe the behavior to be a benign fad.
Individuals with disabilities can enrich astronaut teams and herald a more inclusive future in space exploration
Life experiences, such as high inflation, significantly shape our financial decisions even in other circumstances.
Who's your favorite?
Do you know what your cat is doing?
Researchers develop sustainable, flame-retardant plastics using atmospheric nitrogen instead of fossil fuels.
Our coasts are increasingly under pressure. To protect them, we need to work with nature.
How two computer scientists defied mainstream thinking by simplifying the way computers 'talk' to each other.
From carved figurines to coins, skeletons, and even entire settlements, the railway has opened up a new golden age of archaeology.
Could we miss an asteroid because of our own satellites?
From "city killers" to "truck sized," asteroids come in a lot of sizes. But how often do the dangerous ones come close to our planet?
The new frontier of personalized medicine is upon us.
Satellites are posing serious concerns for radio astronomers.
Megalodon is big, bad, and extinct.
Ever wanted to be an astronomer? Here's how you can do it in only a few minutes.
Unearthing cosmic history, one star at a time in the field of galactic archaeology.
It was groundbreaking work.
The drought in Uruguay is a good example of what we can expect with climate heating.
These are the lessons of Nobel Laureate Harold Varmus.
Exactly one year ago, the JWST mission published its first official images. Here's what else it discovered.
...and what a year it's been!
Usually, whenever you hear about dumping things in the ocean, it's cringe. But this is different.
The story of how genetics shaped chicken into the go-to protein of choice around the world.
When the meat industry suffers, the environment wins -- and so does our health.
Spoiler alert: a lot.
Subsidies for fossil fuel are preventing us from truly transitioning towards renewable energy.
