Anyone who studies planetary formation would relish the opportunity to get a close-up look at an interstellar object. Sending ...

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The researcher Eliezer Yudkowsky argues that we should be very afraid of artificial intelligence’s existential risks.

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In 1945, as the first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert, Enrico Fermi stood miles away, holding a few scraps of ...

I was watching my daughter play basketball when another mom slid closer. “I just have to ask,” she whispered. “Are you taking ...

After 35 years, the secretive CIA sculpture finally gave up its mystery, thanks to a novelist, a playwright, and some ...

In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.

The 2025-26 NBA season is upon us. Opening night is Tuesday with the Thunder hosting the Rockets and the Warriors in L.A. to ...

Photo from @Shohei Ohtani instagram Before Shohei Ohtani became the most extraordinary player of his generation, he was a ...

Health insurance is supposed to help families, not bully them. Yet when big insurers, or their lobby in Washington, don’t get ...