NASA has quietly flipped the switch on a new class of machine built to keep pace with its most ambitious missions. The Athena supercomputer, capable of 20 quadrillion operations per second, is ...

Earth’s oxygen-rich atmosphere, the very thing that allows complex life to exist, may not last forever. Coupled biogeochemistry and climate simulations estimate that the planet’s breathable air could ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Antonios Mamalakis, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) Have you ever stopped to ...

Even if you've never actually seen a supercomputer, odds are that movies and pop culture have given you a good idea of what they do, what they're used for, and maybe even what they look like. The U.S.