Part one explained the physics of quantum computing. This piece explains the target — how bitcoin's encryption works, why a ...

The latest boom in robotics represents a revolution in the way machines have learned to interact with the world.

Attorney Sarah Isgur, author of ‘Last Branch Standing,’ talks about the threats facing our nation’s highest court.

A new study suggests that four psychoactive compounds work in surprisingly similar ways, and that they break down the ...

A.I. has always been compared to human intelligence, but that may not be the right way to think about it. What it does well ...

Quantum technologies like quantum computers are built from quantum materials. These types of materials exhibit quantum properties when exposed to the right conditions. Curiously, engineers can also ...

Noah Giansiracusa asks: How nutritious is your social media diet? Containing too much social media 'junk food,' he notes for Science News Explores, can have deleterious effects, and so individuals ...

Tech firms aim to trigger a robot revolution with video of humans doing housework. Gig workers are paid up to $25 an hour to ...

One company, AfterQuery, sells a series of off-the-shelf “worlds” to AI labs, with names such as “Big Tech World”, “Finance ...

Negation-based language is cognitively ineffective. And when amplified by AI-generated writing it distorts how people engage ...

A regulatory move allowing smaller, everyday investors to engage in more day trading could spur impulsive, high-risk "YOLO", ...