The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has consumed researchers, start-up founders, and tech juggernauts alike.

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

Is the scientific method really the best approach to learning about the world? A new paper in Collective Intelligence applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that ...

Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the ...

American aerospace firm Astrolab and tech giant HPE have achieved a key milestone by integrating computing hardware on a rover, paving the way for AI and edge computing on the Moon with deployment ...

Mars Global Localization (MGL), a tech similar to GPS on Earth, lets Perseverance nail down its coordinates to about 10 inches.

People can sometimes come up with an idea that may seem absurd when you hear them bring it up. Yet, through some twist of ...

In physics, to qualify as another reality means it must lie beyond the four known space-time dimensions. Such a realm must also be inaccessible, like public restrooms in the Big Apple. Good examples, ...

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

More than 2,500 alien plant species could find suitable conditions in the Arctic, especially in northern Norway and Svalbard.

James Webb changed astronomy from a million miles away - but in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Giant Magellan Telescope is being ...