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Comparing Elon Musk's Mars rocket to NASA's new ride.
Concerns about privacy and pressures regarding the physical appearance of women and their homes contributed to the failure of AT&T’s 1960s Picturephone.
The standard picture of our Universe is that it's dominated by dark matter and dark energy. But this alternative is also worth considering.
The military is courting tech startups to help it win the AI arms race.
Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.
The properties of a ghostly particle called a neutrino are coming into focus.
It's good to be a wallflower. But sometimes, you need to show yourself off a bit.
On the largest of cosmic scales, the Universe is expanding. But it isn't all-or-nothing everywhere, as "collapse" is also part of the story.
Physicists have increasingly begun to view life as information-processing "states of matter" that require special consideration.
From the explosions themselves to their unique and vibrant colors, the fireworks displays we adore require quantum physics.
In ancient Sparta, it was accepted practice for more women to marry and have children by more than one man.
Cognitive systems famously posited by psychologist Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) may hold the key to a more productive and focused work environment.
The structure of our Solar System has been known for centuries. When we finally started finding exoplanets, they surprised everyone.
50 years ago, Herman Chernoff proposed using human faces to represent multidimensional datasets. It was a good idea in theory — but a disaster in practice.
“Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”
A golden new era of business is within our reach — provided that we harness AI's potential while mitigating the risks.
There are many things that separate science from ideology, politics, philosophy, or religion. Follow these 10 commandments to get it right.
New tests to detect species being traded, as well as population studies, aim to help save them.
A long view of biological survival might point us to new possibilities for finding life elsewhere in the Universe.
Architecture in the age of AI — argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan — should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary toolkit.