Time was, entire social castes would be dedicated to divining the intentions of the gods. Chicken entrails, the flight of birds, the rolling of thunder—all this and more was used by ancient peoples ...

On a December day, Richard Feynman gave a fun little lecture at Caltech — and dreamed up an entirely new field of physics. During the talk, entitled "Plenty of room at the bottom," he described the ...

Tumours often feature high chromosomal instability. “And chromosomal instability leads to further chromosomal instability,” says Peter Van Loo of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's ...

President Trump has set his sights on defunding colleges, singling out some of the world’s wealthiest schools in what critics say is an attack on academic freedom. Some are negotiating. Others are ...