At first glance, some scientific research can seem, well, impractical. When physicists began exploring the strange, subatomic world of quantum mechanics a century ago, they weren't trying to build ...

Simple home experiments that illustrate basic science make abstract concepts tangible. Trump administration's changes to the CFPB cost Americans $19B, a new report says Bad Bunny performs historic ...

PCWorld reports that Spotify offers a hidden “Basic” tier launched in mid-2024 for $10.99/month, providing music-only streaming without audiobooks or lossless audio. This plan requires existing ...

Interstellar comets are the original cosmic explorers, and by studying their metallic whispers, we are learning the secrets ...

In a rebuff of the Trump administration’s proposal to drastically cut funding for federal science agencies, the Senate voted on Thursday to provide billions of dollars more to the National Oceanic and ...

Relatedly, astronomers may have just pushed the upper size limit of what counts as a planet.

SAN FRANCISCO—They came to testify to the life-saving benefits of medical research. They came to explain how scientific discoveries avert disasters and keep skyscrapers standing during earthquakes.

Cornell researchers have discovered a new way cells regulate how they respond to stress, identifying an interaction between ...

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.

When conducting research on the frontiers of basic science, young scientists often struggle to garner the funds to take their ideas forward. To tackle this challenge, the Science and Technology ...

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