Determining the least expensive path for a new subway line underneath a metropolis like New York City is a colossal planning challenge—involving thousands of potential routes through hundreds of city ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, ...

This high-grade, abundant heat opens new possibilities. Technologies such as absorption chillers, historically underutilized ...

This cross-section of responses is part of the ongoing Between Us project, which examines the factors that contribute to polarization and prevent good governance, good citizenship and good ...

As fast-growing cities and suburbs scramble for new water sources, farmers in East Texas are turning to the state to keep ...

Kathryn Bigelow’s new nuclear thriller, A House of Dynamite, has been criticized by some experts for being unrealistic, most notably because it portrays an unlikely scenario in which an adversary ...

Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole ...

Prof Brendan Kelly, psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Trinity College Dublin; Antoinette Moriarty, psychotherapist ...

A couple years ago, the Centennial State was number one in the country for car thefts. In 2022, about 16% of all cars stolen ...