Category: Science

How do mathematicians decide that something is true? They write a proof. Often they start with proofs that already exist, building on or drawing connections

Doron Zeilberger is a mathematician who believes that all things come to an end. That just as we are limited beings, so too does nature

Burials from over a millennia ago are revealing how people lived in part of the Roman Empire after it fell.

Mount Etna’s strange lava has long perplexed scientists, but new research reveals that the volcano formed in a bizarre way — making it unlike any

An AI agent designed to speed up a company’s coding instead wiped out its customer data in seconds, showing potential weaknesses in AI programming.

From the hush of people coming to a standstill to the reverberations of fans, seismic data can capture the ebbs and flows of human activity.

Across the country, some 50 bald eagle nests fitted with cameras broadcast up-close views of raptor family life. Every spring, as eggs hatch and eaglets

Against the backdrop of an energy crisis and a warming planet, more than 50 countries have come to Santa Marta, Colombia, to discuss concrete ways

Lawsuits allege that State Farm tries to avoid paying what it owes for hail damage. The litigation is happening as homeowners face soaring insurance costs

In this excerpt from “The Story of Birds”, author Steve Brusatte explores the moment where paleontologists realized they had critical evidence to show birds came

Recent surveys hint that the rate of cosmic expansion changes dramatically over time; if that’s true, then the universe could end much sooner than we

Llamas were vital to the Inca Empire and were seen as both useful pack animals and sacred beings.

A new map shows how smell receptors in the mouse nose are precisely organized into tight bands based on type.

Archaeologists think a broken bronze cup found in Spain was made for a soldier as a memento of his time stationed at Hadrian’s Wall in