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.

Person examining a petri dish with tweezers, holding small colored objects, against a dark background.
They’re in our brains, hearts, and blood — but what are they doing to us?
A wasp illustration in blue on grid paper is overlaid on a close-up image of effervescent bubbles in a golden alcoholic liquid.
Could studying the Oriental hornet lead to a treatment for people with alcohol use disorder?
Two colorful cells with purple nuclei, green cell edges, and radiating filament structures against a black background.
The findings suggest that biochemical and physical effects of exercise could help heal nerves.
A golden-brown turkey being carefully lowered into a metal pot outdoors, ready for a deep fry amidst the grassy area and wooden fence.
It's the ultimate setup for a Thanksgiving Day disaster. The physics of water and its solid, liquid, and gas phases compels us not to do it.
A green and abstract background with connected molecular diagrams and labeled sections: "Building block" and "Assembly pool," with an "Assembly index: 8.
We need a "theory that explains the evolution of evolution," argues theoretical physicist Sara Imari Walker.
MRI scan of a brain side profile overlaid with green squares and circles, set against a purple background.
On November 25, U.N. members will meet in South Korea to cap off a series of meetings aiming to reduce global plastic pollution.
Three red, cloud-like structures are set against a starry background in space.
The most massive early galaxies grew up faster, and have more stars, than astronomers expected, according to JWST. What does it all mean?