Why didn’t the universe annihilate itself moments after the big bang? A new finding at Cern on the French-Swiss border brings us closer to answering this fundamental question about why matter ...

Energy California Says 66% of Its Power Is Now From Renewable or Zero-Carbon Sources 'Clean energy' provided 100 percent of the state’s power for part of the day on nearly every day so far this year.

Science Scientists Discover Thousands of New Microbial Species Thriving in the Mariana Trench The project explores how life adapts to extreme environments—and hopes to inspire new drugs or even ...

New results suggest that dark energy—the mysterious force propelling our universe’s expansion—is not constant through the universe's history.

Robotics This Robotic Hand’s Electronic Skin Senses Exactly How Hard It Needs to Squeeze The hand can gently pick up anything from plastic cups to pineapples.

Artificial Intelligence AI-Designed Drugs Can Now Target Previously ‘Undruggable’ Proteins in Cancer and Alzheimer’s A new AI tool opens the door for designer protein drugs that tackle pain, cancer, ...

Tech Stratolaunch’s Hypersonic Plane Breaks Mach 5 and Lands Without a Pilot The Talon-A2 vehicle air-launched from the world's biggest aircraft and piloted itself at hypersonic speeds before landing ...

The small device contains a slurry of chemicals representing primary flavors and mixes them together to mimic the taste of coffee, lemonade, and more.

Future What Google Translate Tells Us About Where AI Is Headed Next The trajectory of AI in translation hints at the future of generative AI.

The number of scientific papers that rely on AI has quadrupled, and the scope of problems AI can tackle is expanding by the day.

Rapid declines in insect populations are leading to concerns that the pollination of important crops could soon come under threat. Tiny flying robots designed by MIT researchers could one day provide ...

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes ...