While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run ...

Let’s start with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF)—arguably the largest, most ...

As language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that ...

Artificial intelligence is increasingly used to integrate and analyze multiple types of data formats, such as text, images, ...

In 2008, a team of UCLA-led scientists proposed a scheme to use a laser to excite the nucleus of thorium atoms to realize extremely accurate, portable clocks. Last year, they realized this ...

From fish to Phish, Science Friday has had a big year. Our staff chose their favorite Science Friday stories and projects ...

In a Maryland operating room one day in November 2025, doctors made medical history by transplanting a genetically modified ...

Israeli scientists are studying a natural process that has balanced Earth’s climate for millions of years by removing carbon dioxide from the air through interactions between rain, rocks, and water.

The new institute directed by Professor John Rogers will create a streamlined path from device innovation to patient care.

Lucid dreaming has long sat in a gray zone between folklore and science, described by sleepers who insist they can steer ...