Thinking about science and technology in terms of return on investment misses the point. Here’s what kids really need to know ...

New studies of the “platypus of materials” help explain how their atoms arrange themselves into orderly, but nonrepeating, ...

Nyssa Silbiger still recalls the rude remark that reviewer three made in 2014 about her first paper describing her PhD research. “The phrases I have so far avoided using in this review are, ‘lipstick ...

In a recent piece for my column The Universe, I wrote about the biggest black holes in the cosmos. These can tip the scales at many billions of times the sun’s mass, outweighing even entire galaxies.

Soon after psychiatrist Leo Kanner first identified autism in the 1940s, he and his colleagues proposed a simple explanation for its cause: mothers’ “lack of genuine warmth” toward their children.

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron arrive in Downing Street on July 9, 2025 in London, England. (Getty Images) Clare said: "Expert testimony will come out that will be ...

Gems — the Global Emerging Markets Risk Database — is a collaboration between 29 multilateral and national development ...

Some Republicans are starting to worry that the issue of health care could cost them politically. By Jess Bidgood Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, framed the closely-watched hearing he ...

He could prove a fur-midable candidate. Forget Mamdani, Adams and Cuomo — there’s a new Demo-cat shaking things up in Big Apple politics. For the last month, stickers have been popping up on utility ...

First peer-reviewed study shows how a Chinese start-up firm made the market-shaking LLM for US$300,000. R1 is designed to excel at ‘reasoning’ tasks such as mathematics and coding, and is a cheaper ...