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.

flight through universe CEERS JWST NASA
Wavelengths stretch, distances grow, and temperatures cool as the Universe expands with time. How are the various cosmic parameters related?
Book cover titled "Machine Decision Is Not Final: China and the History and Future of AI," highlighting the evolution of AI China, with editor and contributor names listed in English and Chinese.
Leaders in China hope that AI and robotics can finally resolve the flaws of a centralized planned economy. But US technoculture has an edge.
A jellyfish galaxy with a bright white and yellow core is surrounded by red clouds of gas, set against a dark background filled with stars.
Weird-looking galaxies, with tentacle-like tails or prominent dual streams, appear like jellyfish or bunny ears. But that’s just the start.
A finger draws an upward-pointing arrow on a foggy window, with buildings and greenery visible through the glass.
41mins
“Progress happens when we choose to make it happen. It happens through choice and effort. And ultimately, to make progress happen, we have to believe in it.”
A vast starry sky showcases a spinning galaxy, a relic from 12 billion years ago, among countless stars of varying brightness on a dark background.
For over 10 billion years, the cosmic star-formation rate has been dropping and dropping. Someday, the final star in the Universe will die.
Collage showing hands using a smartphone in the foreground and a vintage illustration of a printing press in the background, separated by arrows pointing opposite directions.
Digital tools are pulling us away from fixed texts and back toward fluid, interactive communication.
A weathered metal sign reading "PROGRESS" with an arrow stands in a barren desert landscape under a blue sky.
13mins
“People got skeptical, fearful, doubtful of the very idea of progress in the 20th century and we allowed that to slow down progress itself.”