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Study shows ripples across a newly fertilized egg are similar to ocean and atmospheric circulations.

Vaccines find more success in development than any other kind of drug, but have been relatively neglected in recent decades.

A new web startup is selling algorithmically produced nudes of non-existent women. There’s still some ethical concerns.

A new study says curiosity and creativity are computational errors.

In 2017, researchers believed they had found evidence for the elusive Majorana fermion. Now, a new study found that the exotic class of particles may still be confined to theory.

On other planets, blue skies and red sunsets aren’t the norm.

Night owl or early bird?

And if it does strike us, how much damage will it cause? Will near-Earth asteroid Apophis strike us in 2068? Generically, asteroids under ~1 km in size are irregularly shaped, will […]

Scientists are using bioelectronic medicine to treat inflammatory diseases, an approach that capitalizes on the ancient “hardwiring” of the nervous system.

By projecting lifetime risk, an alarming new medical study centers the human lives that will be lost due to gun violence and drug addiction in the United States.

It’s hard to stop looking back and forth between these faces and the busts they came from.

Christians and Muslims that pick out unconscious patterns are more likely to believe in a god.

The achievement is an important milestone in quantum computing, Google’s scientists said.

Going to smaller and smaller distance scales reveals more fundamental views of nature, which means if we can understand and describe the smallest scales, we can build our way to […]

A new study finds that some people just want privacy.

A strange weakness in the Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing and possibly splitting, shows data.

Can AI make better predictions about future crimes?

No harm done this time, but it’s an ominous occurrence.

If machines develop consciousness, or if we manage to give it to them, the human-robot dynamic will forever be different.

Seismic data from 2016 reveals a rare bi-directional boomerang earthquake.

A new study explores how wearing a face mask affects the error rates of popular facial recognition algorithms.

An open letter predicts that a massive wall of rock is about to plunge into Barry Arm Fjord in Alaska.

Can we end world hunger by 2030? Thanks to a new program, the data for it is all there.

It might not feel that way, but a 95% dark Universe really is the best game in town. No matter how much we might try and hide it, there’s an enormous […]

Scientists from John Hopkins find a material for quantum computing.

Recent studies suggest virtual reality porn can produce a more positive experience than viewing from a monitor or screen.

Astrophysicist Michelle Thaller talks ISS and why NICER is so important.

Teaching community organizers via WhatsApp yields encouraging results in South Africa, according to MIT Governance Lab research.

A new study explores how the brain encodes different scents — a topic which scientists know relatively little about, compared to our other senses.

Some of the world’s top minds weigh in on one of the most divisive questions in tech.