In the last decade, a truly homegrown effort has bubbled up in the United States
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During World War II, British researchers conducted tests on themselves to gauge how submariners' brains would function at extreme depths
A new exhibition at the National Museum of American History aims to inspire the next generation of innovators
The red-cockaded woodpecker has lost nearly all of its habitat in the southeastern United States, but an Air Force range in Florida is part of an emerging initiative to relocate besieged species on protected land
The civilization developed the world’s first known tax system around 3000 B.C.E.
Books were rare and expensive in colonial America, but the founding father had an idea
In the last decade, a truly homegrown effort has bubbled up in the United States
Protect your eyesight with eclipse glasses, binoculars, telescopes or lens filters
Around the globe, teams of women are taking on traditionally male-dominated roles
As the Southwest dries, can a city notorious for excess find a way to survive with less?
Using solar power, machine learning and her family’s patio umbrella, 18-year-old Selina Zhang created a synthetic tree that lures the destructive species
A Chicago startup has turned a fungus found by NASA into a protein-packed food
The construction is faster, cleaner and more affordable, but experts acknowledge some trial and error is needed
Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland are harnessing information to make their own decisions
Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home
Can demolishing abandoned dirt paths point the way to a more sustainable future?
A new show at the Whitney showcases the visionary who devised the art world’s first artificial intelligence
Keeping tabs on the species' populations is surprisingly hard. A new aerial effort tracks the marks they leave behind
The advance may help users feel a greater sense of human connection through touch
The surprisingly long-serving Ingenuity ended its historic service after breaking a rotor
Some experts tout deep brain stimulation as a lifeline for people struggling with opioid use. Others question the hype
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