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 silhouette of a person standing out amidst a crowd, evoking memories and exploring the complexities of consciousness.
High-frequency oscillations that ripple through our brains may generate memory and conscious experience.
An image of a purple galaxy in space.
Observations of an enormous cosmic structure, dubbed the "Big Ring," seem to violate the Copernican principle.
A black and white photo of albert einstein laughing.
The most celebrated genius in human history didn't just revolutionize physics, but taught many valuable lessons about living a better life.
A picture of an electric vehicle charging station.
A new analysis suggests previous "total cost of ownership" studies overlooked key factors.
An image of an mri showing a brain.
Could subfertility be an under-explored factor in autism risk?
An artist's rendering of two **changed** planets in space.
Our cosmic home, planet Earth, has been through a lot over the past 4.5 billion years. Here are some of its most spectacular changes
A man sitting in a chair in front of a tv.
BMW found it’s possible to remote-drive vehicles using available technology. All it takes is some software updates and a cellular network connection.
A person holding a robotic glove at a trade show.
HaptX gloves provide high-fidelity touch feedback of virtual spaces (and they look cool, too).
An image of a planet in space.
Fire was crucial to the evolution of human technology. That's why alien species stuck in the "oxygen bottleneck" may be forever primitive.
An image of a sphere with stars in it.
For every proton, there were over a billion others that annihilated away with an antimatter counterpart. So where did all that energy go?
Aphantasia limits the ability to visualize a statue of a man in the mind's eye.
I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”
A person sits in an armchair at a table engaged in digital reading. The person's face is scribbled over with green lines.
From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids' reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.
A close up of a fish's eye, revealing its intriguing anatomy.
Researchers are finding signs of multiple phases of sleep all over the animal kingdom. The ‘active’ sleep phases look very much like REM.
An artist's rendering of an evaporating exoplanet in the night sky.
Planets can be Earth-like or Neptune-like, but only rarely are in between. This hot, Saturn-like planet hints at a solution to this puzzle.
The cover of the book envisions a sustainable future.
Environmental progress is happening quickly but we must keep pushing for change.
An image of a colorful object resembling a dark primordial galaxy in the sky.
Finding it at all was a happy accident. Examining it further may help unlock the secrets hiding within the earliest galaxies of all.
An image of a star nebula in space.
A new measurement offers insights on the density of the mysterious force driving the Universe's expansion.
A cat is sitting on a couch in front of a computer screen.
The record-breaking transmission could revolutionize deep space communication.
A gold cylinder with a yellow handle crafted for quantum computing.
Here in the 21st century, quantum computing is quickly going from a dream to a reality. But what's hype, and what's actually true?