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Tornadoes, Floods and Hurricanes Loom, but the Government Is Running Out of Money to HelpThe Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster...

Post-quantum gravity could explain the rotation speed of galaxies, which is normally seen as evidence for dark matterNASA, ESA, CSA...

If you ever watch a duck float across a pond, gobbling up the vegetation coating the surface, that bird is...

A new study suggests that delta-8-THC, an intoxicating substance typically made from hemp, is being used by a substantial number of young...

Electric Vehicles Beat Gas Cars on Climate Emissions over TimeNew research says building electric vehicles leaves a bigger carbon footprint...

We are still trying to understand how animals respond to a solar eclipseŞ. Uğur OKÇu/1001slide/iStockphoto/Getty Images A total solar eclipse...

But what, then, were those programs? Herein lies the most intriguing—and potentially ground-breaking—question that the Pentagon study leaves us wondering:...

With the race to build a new generation of computers heating up, European companies are eyeing the game-changing opportunities. By...

Using a powerful text- or image-generating artificial intelligence can feel like witnessing the mythical birth of Athena as she strides,...

Illustration of a terror bird and other animals that may have lived in what is now Antarctica at the same...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.A team of computer scientists has created a nimbler, more flexible...

NASA’s Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have been making groundbreaking discoveries in the field of astronomy, and now, with...

During the 18th century the denizens of the Prussian city of Königsberg wrestled with a puzzle: How could they find...

Snails have an unusual way of walking that has now been replicated in a robotZuzha/Shutterstock A mucus-excreting robot with a...

That is certainly the case in Yemen, on the south flank of the Arabian Peninsula, where the desert sands have...

In the clawed graspof forest’s enda continent breathes –exhales the greeninhales the dust,bare as bonethe earth beneath. Trees fallin deafening...