Science

ChatGPT and other AI tools are upending our digital lives, but our AI interactions are about to get physical. Humanoid…

It’s a bit like seeing a world in a grain of sand. Except the view, in this case, is the…

In the quest to build a quantum internet, scientists are putting their memories to the test. Quantum memories, that is.…

Fentanyl’s powerful pull comes from both the potent, rapid euphoria people feel while on the drug and the devastating symptoms…

Rats and their fleas take the rap for spreading the plague, but lice that infest people may share the blame.…

Neutrinos are known for funny business. Now scientists have set a new limit on a quantum trait responsible for the…

A farming-fueled baby boom long thought to have sparked the rise of ancient cities in southwest Asia turns out to…

The High SeasOlive HeffernanGreystone Books, $32.95 The ocean is a rich, fertile and seemingly lawless frontier. It’s a watery wild…

With terrifyingly sharp teeth arranged around a circular mouth, lampreys look about as primitive a vertebrate as you could imagine.…

To avoid becoming a meal, some animals simply fake it until they make it. And fake deaths with several unappealing…

At six months old, human infants are still working on sitting up by themselves. But baby orangutans at that age…

Mount Ontake in Japan rises 3,067 meters above sea level — a windswept giant standing head and shoulders above densely…