This is the last of three blog posts associated with this week’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which addresses life in the universe. Read the first and second here. Someday, in the not too ...

In 1867, Lord Kelvin imagined atoms as knots in the aether. The idea was soon disproven. Atoms turned out to be something ...

Electron-capture supernovae (ECSNe) are stellar explosions that occur in stars with initial masses around 8–10 times that of ...

The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research ...

Need to write a chart fast? Learn how to create clear, functional jazz charts “on the fly” — the quick, practical way musicians capture songs when there’s no time to prepare. Hostages must be taught ...

The Hong Kong Science and Technology Park aims to double the number of start-ups joining its upgraded incubation programme, with some companies saying the scheme will help to speed up the ...

Then his book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k came out. It became an instant cultural phenomenon that spawned countless copycats, selling 20 million copies and counting. “There’s no way to expect ...

The Busy Beaver Challenge, a notoriously difficult question in theoretical computer science, is now producing answers so ...