Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft and a renowned philanthropist, has always emphasized the importance of science and ...

There were huge disruptions to the global scientific enterprise this year — but immense bright spots for health, discovery, ...

We noted that Excel turned 40 this year. That makes it seem old, and today, if you say “spreadsheet,” there’s a good chance ...

Quantum 2.0: The Weird Physics Driving a New Revolution in Technology by Paul Davies (Feb. 6, $26, ISBN 978-0-226-84932-4) ...

Politicians love to take liberties with history. The BJP (and the government) accused the Congress of mutilating the National ...

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The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Donald Trump’s second term.

The new dataset, published in Earth System Science Data by 16 scientists, shows a significantly cooler Earth from the late ...

Forty years ago, Voyager imaged Uranus and presented the world with a new mystery. Upon further inspection, it may have just ...

Popular weight-loss drugs “probably have little or no effect” on a person’s risk of developing one of the 13 obesity-related ...

“Vande Mataram was composed at a time when, after the 1857 freedom struggle, the British Empire was unsettled and imposed ...

The review clarifies disinformation as the intentional creation or dissemination of false or misleading information designed to harm institutions, groups, or individuals. It distinguishes this from ...