SACRAMENTO, the United States -- One-third of scientists of Chinese descent feel unwelcome in the United States, and many ...

The most important theorem we learnt in childhood carries the name of a Greek philosopher, but not necessarily the legacy.

Ancient pottery reveals early farmers were using math thousands of years before numbers, embedding geometry and patterns into ...

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event.

Elara is AI's favorite name. A naming expert explains why it's everywhere online and why its characteristics make it the ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Generating electricity on the Moon comes with inherent challenges. For one, solar energy can only be relied upon during the two-Earth-weeks-long lunar daytime, not the equally long night. A separate ...

In October 2024 Luke Durant, an independent researcher in San Jose, Calif., announced that he had discovered the largest known prime number—so enormous it would take years to write out in full. One ...

Blue Origin is upgrading its 322-foot New Glenn rocket with more powerful engines and increased reusability. Jeff Bezos' company also announced plans for a larger, more powerful variant of the New ...

Blue Origin is upgrading its New Glenn rocket, which launches from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The company also announced plans for a larger, more powerful variant of the New ...

For the past several years, America has been using its young people as lab rats in a sweeping, if not exactly thought-out, education experiment. Schools across the country have been lowering standards ...

Math scores in the US have been so bad for so long that teachers could be forgiven for trying anything to improve them. Unfortunately, many of the strategies they’re using could be making things worse ...