There's no question about it. A new epoch—the Anthropocene—has begun. So says an international group of geoscientists, in a paper published Friday in the journal…
A talk with historian and engineer David Mindell about drones, social robots, agency, and his enlightening new book Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths…
“We know that exposure to nature enhances our well-being, but we know less about the specific features that create these positive effects,” said MaryCarol Hunter,…
Recently, the Washington Post reported new data showing something most of us already sense: that increased polarization on Capitol Hill is due to the way the Republican Party…
U.S. residents' exposure to extreme heat could increase four- to six-fold by mid-century, due to both a warming climate and a population that's growing especially…
The self-organization properties of DNA-like molecular fragments four billion years ago may have guided their own growth into repeating chemical chains long enough to act…
A new study suggests the world's forests are more fragmented than ever before. Analysis by researchers at North Carolina State University showed that if one…