China just took another step toward landing astronauts on the moon, acing a key abort test with its Mengzhou crew capsule and pulling off a soft splashdown with the returning rocket.

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2023, died at age 48 ...

Natasha Wiest, Boeing's SLS core stage program manager, delivered a NASA Artemis II-themed speech to a space-industry audience in Cape Canaveral.

Last Wednesday, Matt Schlicht, a technologist living in a small town just south of Los Angeles, launched a new social network ...

I heard a story about a middle-aged woman some time ago. She was a mother of four and possessed a laugh that could brighten the dimmest room. Unfortunately, she had spent months ignoring a persistent, ...

After years of confusion, a new study confirms the proton is tinier than once thought. That enables a test of the standard model of particle physics.

Experts gave AI 10 math problems to solve in a week. OpenAI, researchers and amateurs all gave it their best shot ...

EL PAÍS reconstructs a record‑breaking weekend of simultaneous surgeries and helicopter organ transfers to save four lives ...

The latest nutrition guidelines urge Americans to avoid highly processed food. But when it comes to carbs, many people don't know which ones are ultra-processed. Here's an easy way to find out.

A record-breaking gravitational wave signal let scientists "listen" to a distant black hole merger and put Einstein's gravity to its toughest test yet.

In the recreation room at Eskaton Village in Carmichael, Bonnie Dale, one of the residents, is trying on a virtual reality (VR) headset.