A golf ball-size octopus found on the deep seafloor off the Galápagos Islands is an entirely new species, scientists just announced. In July of 2015, during a 10-day expedition in the Pacific Ocean, ...

The colossal movements of tectonic plates shape our world, influencing the composition of Earth’s atmosphere, the planet’s protective magnetic field and perhaps even the flourishing of life. Now ...

Over the course of 13 expeditions and other efforts between mid-2025 and mid-2026, scientists found hundreds of previously ...

If the missing Titan submersible was near the Titanic when it imploded, it would have experienced pressure higher than that of a great white shark bite If the Titan has become stranded at lower depths ...

Our universe appears flat—but this observation still leaves plenty of options for its true shape. In fact, our cosmos could ...

The trend of attorneys getting caught citing AI-hallucinated cases points to a broader problem: instead of checking AI’s work ...

Smart-panel start-up Span wants to turn spare household electricity into AI computing power. How far it can scale and what ...

This article is part of a package on the future of quantum computing. Read about the most promising applications of these ...

Friday's test flight marks a major milestone for SpaceX as the company gears up to go public and to participate in NASA's ...

This company says its pulsed plasma machine will deliver electricity to the grid by 2029. Some physicists warn that its ...

Commercial satellites can now watch much of Earth in near-real time. Militaries are learning new ways to fool them ...

In an effort to reduce prices at the pump, an EPA wavier allows the sale of fuel with 15 percent ethanol content ...