As quantum computers gain ascendancy, the cryptographic algorithms we use to keep data secure What will replace them?

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

A roughly 100-year-old western Santa Cruz Galápagos tortoise has become a mom for the first time after reproducing with a ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

SpaceX's Starship has been awarded a NASA contract that will allow it to be considered for future missions. However, recent explosive tests have shown the supersized spacecraft is still far from ...

A man in his early 20s received a transplant of his own sperm-producing stem cells, which had been frozen since his childhood.

"Twins! She has another baby," Judith Pardo-Pérez, a paleontologist at the University of Magallanes in Chile who first ...

Has the sun already reached solar maximum? New data suggests Solar Cycle 25 may have peaked earlier than expected. Find out ...

Scientists explored how the human brain might represent information about physical spaces and about people, places and things ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken its first look at the near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 before a perilous close approach ...

A survey of workers who use AI has revealed the tools could be slowly impairing our critical thinking skills. Artificial ...