A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

For “biohackers” like venture capitalist Bryan Johnson, the answer is a resounding yes. Johnson has apparently been keeping ...

The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer—has long captured the public imagination. Yet most arguments about it rest ...

A class of ultrasmall fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles developed at Cornell is showing an unexpected ability to ...

Pulte purge: Hundreds replaced amid ethics inquiry Science history: Dian Fossey found murdered, after decades protecting ...

Researchers have succeeded in creating a carbene that remains stable for months in water. This supports a theory put forward ...

WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s Pushmeet Kohli about the recent past—and promising future—of the Nobel Prize-winning research ...

Wormholes are a very popular science fiction concept that have been brought back into fashion by the series 'Stranger Things' ...

Researchers explored the nuanced dynamics of how people balance their desire to speak out vs their fear of punishment in a ...

By 2100, it predicted that if no action is taken to lower our fossil fuel use (a scenario called RCP8.5 by the UN’s ...

The central thesis of the book is straightforward yet profound: the Torah addresses the same fundamental questions about ...

Researchers across the globe put on their sleuthing hats this year to provide answers to questions that have lingered from ...