Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the ...

Since the close of World War II, more than 115 people have died from encounters with unexploded ordnance in the North Sea—but ...

The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.

There’s an saying that a teacher affects eternity. But when the teacher’s lucky, that influence comes right back.

“Poetry and Science; individually, but especially together are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving ...

Though some degree of decrepitude is inevitable with age, the evidence suggests that, even for people in their 80s, a bit of ...

A “mini” Starmus will take place at the Kennedy Center in Washington this April, just weeks before 2025’s mainline Starmus in ...

The year 2024 was the hottest on record and the first to top 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming. All 10 of the hottest years have ...

In an interview given prior to today’s shock decision to withdraw from the Masters, the defending champion reflects on his ...

In 1831, a massive volcanic eruption cooled the Earth’s atmosphere by 1 degree Celsius and even caused the Sun to appear in ...

Around the world, dramatic swings between heavy rain and drought are increasing exponentially, according to new research.

This contest to build ever-bigger computing clusters for ever-more-powerful artificial-intelligence ( AI) models cannot ...