Category science

Quantum physics underlies technologies from the laser to the smartphone. The International Year of Quantum marks a century of scientific developments.

Retired NBA legend Dwyane Wade revealed his kidney cancer diagnosis on a recent podcast episode. Here’s what to know about the disease.

According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe — chances are, there’s life out there somewhere.

Two gargantuan canyons on the moon were carved by a hailstorm of rocks — and that’s good news for future lunar astronauts.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter’s hellish moon Io. The eruptions in this area are chucking out six times the energy being produced by all Earth’s power stations, researchers say.

Urban wildfires like LA’s make harmful chemicals from burning plastics and electronics that can make indoor air dangerous for months.

Scientists are not sure how much metallic dust remained in the atmosphere after the most recent SpaceX rocket ‘disassembly.’

Rat populations are growing in cities around the world because of climate change. A new study explains why this is happening now and what we can do about it.

Riley Black’s new book, When the Earth was Green, uses the latest research to envision the ancient worlds of our favorite prehistoric animals.

A new artificial neuron that spikes like human brain cells could be used to process data at ultrafast speeds.