Physics is supposed to be predictable. Drop a ball, and gravity pulls it down. Heat water, and it boils. Light travels in straight lines. Yet throughout history, scientists have encountered ...

Data science is everywhere, a driving force behind modern decisions. When a streaming service suggests a movie, a bank sends a warning about unusual activity on an account, or a weather app predicts ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Thousands of years ago, beasts of burden helped make humanity what it is today. When ...

From the heartbreak of an early flight failure to a resounding triumph over the Norwegian Sea, the Boundary Layer Transition and Turbulence (BOLT) Program spent nearly a decade launching rockets into ...

Rock-and-roll puns aside, ELVIS is leaving the building — and Earth's surface — to collect data for “suspicious minds” who wonder if microbial life could exist in subsurface oceans of icy moons like ...

The memorandum for fiscal year 2027 science and technology outlines research priority areas, with a concerted effort to move away from diversity, equity and inclusion-based initiatives. Research & ...

It’s never been easier to build something with AI. That’s the good news, and, if we’re not careful, the problem. In 2024, 72% of companies worldwide reported using AI in at least one business function ...

Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the implications of generative A.I.’s transformation of technology. Universities across the country are scrambling to understand the ...

Michael Kratsions, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, defined the key policy pillars in the White House’s approach to furthering U.S. technology innovation. OSTP White House ...