For most people, solving a problem is the reward—the relief of being done, the achievement of having figured it out.

A January 2026 Earth–Sun alignment allows measurements of the opposition surge from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS using ...

Upstarts like IonQ and Rigetti Computing have boom-or-bust potential in 2026. Legacy tech players like Alphabet have a greater chance of success. Clearly, quantum computing stocks are quite volatile.

Nvidia's dominance in the computing world is coming into question. Tech giant Alphabet might start selling a product to rival Nvidia's. Its custom TPUs could replace Nvidia's GPUs in some applications ...

Stargazers and scientists are getting a holiday present from the cosmos this week. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet, will get “closest” to Earth on Friday, December 19, as part of its journey across ...

Texas sheriff's deputies credit a quick-thinking father and phone-tracking technology with saving a teenager from a violent kidnapping on Christmas. On the afternoon of Dec. 25, a 15-year-old girl ...

Oscars Commentary (Updated: Jan. 9, 2026): It’s getting crazy out here in awards land. The Actor Awards delivered jaw-dropping nominations, with “One Battle After Another” setting the all-time guild ...

This important study combines optogenetic manipulations and wide-field imaging to show that the retrosplenial cortex controls behavioral responses to whisker deflection in a context-dependent manner.

After rounds of flooding in Washington state, another atmospheric river will likely bring more rain to the West Coast during Christmas week. Many places across the country, however, are set to ...

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Preface: Annie -- Introduction: A new kind of footprint -- [Section] One. The elephant who texted for help ; The zebras migrating once more ; The hyenas and the trophy kills ; How baboons move as one ...