The US and Iran are trading blows in the Gulf with a simple drone that costs as little as $50,000 to make. But why is a slow, ...

Daniel Whiteson is a particle physicist conducting research at CERN and teaching at UC Irvine.  He is the co-author of “Do ...

Black holes that turn matter into energy could explain dark energy and answer two other cosmic questions. Now, the challenge ...

Physicists are scrambling to understand why dark energy is weakening. In a surprising twist, we must now reconsider the ...

The science writer delves into the vast subject of consciousness in his new book A World Appears – and draws some surprising ...

Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – might understand the ...

Drones aren't yet licensed to carry passengers, but some may already be airlifting wounded personnel off the battlefield and ...

Magnesium has been called the “super mineral of the moment”, hailed for its supposed benefits for the brain and body. But ...

Last year, our most detailed map of the universe yet suggested our understanding of dark energy has been wrong for decades.

Putting silicate rocks from mine waste on fields could improve crops and limit global warming, but some researchers question where all that rock is going to come from ...

Cables underneath New York City are teeming with entangled quantum particles of light thanks to Qunnect, a company that has ...

The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculative retelling of Moby-Dick ...