Artificial intelligence promises to accelerate scientific discovery and open new frontiers of inquiry. But new research from ...

As popular mistrust of expert opinion grows, we increasingly encounter the following skeptical argument about science: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA’s STS-51L crew members pose for photographs during a break in countdown training at the White Room, Launch Complex 39, Pad B.

Lots of science books will be published over the course of the coming year – tonnes, in fact. After spending last month wading through the books and publisher catalogues that came into our offices, I ...

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It’s never too early to instill in your children a love for printed matter. Magazine subscriptions make great last-minute holiday gifts and, while the effort to sign up is minimal, your recipient will ...

Space and time aren’t just woven into the background fabric of the universe. To theoretical computer scientists, time and space (also known as memory) are the two fundamental resources of computation.

“Everyone thinks they’re on this big journey now,” Debbie said, refilling her glass. “I’ve had it with the journey. I’ve had it with you people.” “I don’t think I’m on a journey,” Burt said.

Poverty Point is an archaeological site north of New Orleans that experts believe was a major trading hub sometime between 1700 B.C.E. and 1100 B.C.E. A new study proposes that the impressive ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...

Over the past two decades, Professor John Quackenbush has made Harvard his home. He’s filled his office at the School of Public Health with artifacts from his life. His L-shaped desk is crowded with ...

The industry keeps echoing ideas from bleak satires and cyberpunk stories as if they were exciting possibilities, not grim warnings. By Casey Michael Henry A popular icebreaker involves asking which ...