Science & Tech

Science & Tech

Explore the discoveries that reveal how the world works, alongside the technologies that extend, reshape, and sometimes challenge what’s possible.

A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a black top and blazer, stands outdoors in front of modern buildings on a sunny day.
Investment in quantum is growing. Anastasia Marchenkova wants to make sure funders still ask the tough questions.
A close-up of a spotted nudibranch with translucent, pointed cerata on a brown underwater branch against a black background, inviting reflection on the intricate nature of consciousness in marine life.
In this excerpt from "One Hand Clapping," Nikolay Kukushkin makes the case that neurons reveal how memory, meaning, and even consciousness emerge from the same biological roots in humans, sea slugs, and beyond.
star vs planet vs brown dwarf
Red dwarfs are the Universe's most common star type. Their flaring now makes potentially Earth-like worlds uninhabitable, but just you wait.
Illustration of a hand holding a pen, drawing a DNA double helix made of colored dots on a dark background.
It's time to write the human genome, argues microbiologist Andrew Hessel.
quasar-galaxy hybrid
Found by Hubble before JWST's launch, GNz7q looked like a mix of a galaxy and a quasar. Was it actually our first known "little red dot"?
A coastal landscape with rugged cliffs shaped by seaflooding and calm water at sunset, with mountains in the background and soft orange and purple hues in the sky.
Bold megaprojects could turn dry depressions into thriving new hubs of life.
Illustration of the universe's large-scale structure with colorful concentric circles, representing cosmic structure distribution, against a black background.
Observations with the Hubble space telescope helped cement dark energy and reveal the Hubble tension. How are these two things so different?