technology

Inventions with revolutionary potential made by a mysterious aerospace engineer for the U.S. Navy come to light.

Introducing the Deep Space Food Challenge.

In the future, you might voluntarily share your social media data with your psychiatrist to inform a more accurate diagnosis.

A crash course in the history of money, the birth of Bitcoin, and blockchain technology.

Older people are in grave danger of being left behind.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently issued $8 million in follow-up funding to a team of neuroengineers developing brain-to-brain and brain-to-machine technology.

Max Planck Institute scientists crash into a computing wall there seems to be no way around.

Can biomaterials help finally thrust perovskite solar cells to mainstream adoption?

How would the ability to genetically customize children change society? Sci-fi author Eugene Clark explores the future on our horizon in Volume I of the “Genetic Pressure” series.

Can computers do calculations in multiple universes? Scientists are working on it. Step into the world of quantum computing.

The attack on the Capitol forces us to confront an existential question about privacy.

A powerful new tool lights up the brains of worms, and may soon help draw maps of other animals brains.

The AI constitution can mean the difference between war and peace—or total extinction.

Valles Marineris on Mars is 10 times longer and three times deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon.

There are five different RAID levels available. Which one is right for you?

What lies in store for humanity? Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains how different life will be for your descendants—and maybe your future self, if the timing works out.

The federal government and private insurers greatly increased Americans’ telehealth access during the pandemic. Will these changes be permanent?

Perspective twisting books on biology, social science, medical science, cosmology, and tech.

Researchers from Harvard receive permission for a test that may help cool Earth and fight global warming.

She’s the reason you’re able to work and chat from home.

Researchers from MIT invent a highly accurate clock using quantum entanglement that can lead to new physics.

Can we ever make energy efficient AI?

Ultraviolet LED lights could soon be used to help disinfect air and surfaces in buildings, planes, subways and other spaces.

An important step toward figuring out our space station future.

The biggest risk comes from doing nothing at all.

Here’s why you may want to opt-out of Amazon’s new shared network.

The rush to clean up outer space has begun.

Researchers dramatically improve the accuracy of a number that connects fundamental forces.

A clever new design introduces a way to image the vast ocean floor.

Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.